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Court Rejects Republican Effort To End Gov Edwards CV19 Restrictions

Courtesy: Chuck Smith / Red River Radio News

COURT UPHOLDS EDWARDS’ RESTRICTIONS  - A Louisiana judge has rejected an effort by Republican state House members to force an end to Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards' coronavirus restrictions.   Sixty-five Republican state House members recently invoked a 2003 state law provision allowing a majority in either the House or the Senate to force an end to a governor's declared public health emergency.   State Judge William Morvant  agreed with Governor Edwards on Thursday that the provision violates the state constitution's requirement that a law be approved by both legislative bodies. Meanwhile, the state reported that new COVID-19 cases grew by 2,173 in the past two days. But hospitalizations dropped from 684 to 676. 

Chuck Smith brings more than 30 years' broadcast and media experience to Red River Radio. He began his career as a radio news reporter and transitioned to television journalism and newsmagazine production. Chuck studied mass communications at Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia and motion picture / television production at the University of California at Los Angeles. He has also taught writing for television at York Technical College in Rock Hill, South Carolina and video / film production at Centenary College of Louisiana, Shreveport.