Veto

The administration appears to want to avoid a showdown with the city and parish councils.

Could redistriction still get Louisiana a second majority-minority district?

We will find out later today if the Louisiana Legislature will go into a historic veto override session.

The Louisiana House overwhelmingly passed legislation on Thursday that would prohibit transgender athletes from competing on girls' sports teams in Louisiana schools.

Johns' bill would have created a pilot program allowing the practice until 2021.

A Thibodaux lawmaker has prefiled a constitutional amendment which would remove the ability of legislators to call a veto session unnecessary.

The Daily World reports Cravins had warned earlier in the meeting that if the council passed a budget that included a raise for all city employees, he would veto it.

A 'veto override' session has never happened in the Louisiana Legislature.

City-Parish President Joey Durel stopped by "Mornings with Ken and Bernie" today for our weekly"Lafayette Live" segment.

Senator Carter-Peterson says the Governor's veto boils down to money.

Lafayette City-Parish President Joey Durel announced today that he will NOT veto the ordinance disallowing any garbage transfer facilities in Lafayette Parish, whether currently proposed or in the future. The City-Parish Council voted unanimously at their Oct. 18 meeting to pass the ordinance.

State lawmakers aren't going to return to the Louisiana Capitol next week to try to override Gov. Bobby Jindal's vetoes.

Despite the threat of a veto, the state Senate has passed a bill to renew a 4-cents-a-pack tax on cigarettes that is scheduled to expire in 2012.

(Photo by Cheryl Gerber/Getty Images) BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Gov. Bobby Jindal has inserted himself more deeply into the fray over the redesign of the state's congressional districts.