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the Supreme Court,” he said. “There’s a lot we don’t know, and so I think this is just our way of being put on notice that we might have to take some action.” DeVillier on Tuesday confirmed he wants state lawmakers to be prepared to go into a special session should that be needed pending the outcome of the Supreme Court redistricting case, but he declined to comment further. Sen. Caleb Kleinpeter, who chairs the Senate committee that handles redistricting, said that if “Gov. Landry calls us
St. George Mayor Dustin Yates is all moved in at the new City Hall building and expects other local government leaders will follow him in the next few weeks. Yates said the city is still holding meetings at the St. George Fire Department but will start meeting in its Proverbs Avenue building as early as September. Yates said he searched for an apt home for the city for a long period of time but struggled to find a building that required minimal modifications, with less than a 10-year lease. “At the end of the day, you’re paying to improve someone else’s structure,” he said. Modifications to the new City Hall include painting and cleaning the carpets. Yates said in June that the building near Coursey and Sherwood Forest boulevards may not house the municipal government for the long run. “As we build the city and things evolve over time, I would venture that we’ll be in this building for some time,” Yates said. The city of St. George purchased
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House Speaker Phillip DeVillier, R-Eunice, on Tuesday sent a text message to House members telling them to keep their schedules flexible as legislative leaders prepare for a possible special session.
“He wants us to be prepared,” said state ä California to hold special election Louisiana lawmakers Rep. Beau Beaullieu, a New Iberia Re- on congressional redistricting. PAGE 3A publican who chairs the committee that preparing for Supreme would oversee a redistricting effort. “He started letting members know today, just with the holidays. Court decision “We want to let the process play out with to put it on your radar,
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A U.S. Supreme Court ruling later this year in a highly anticipated redistricting case could change the rules for how Louisiana draws its voting maps for Congress — and if it does, legislative leaders are readying for a potential special session. House Speaker Phillip DeVillier, REunice, on Tuesday sent a text message to House members telling them to keep their schedules flexible between Oct. 23 and Nov. 13.
just in case.” “I don’t think anything is a definite at this point,” he said Tuesday. Beaullieu noted that oral arguments before the Supreme Court are scheduled for Oct. 15, DeVillier and it’s not possible to know how the high court will rule or what type of action lawmakers would have to take as a result. At the same time, there’s only a narrow window for a special session between that October date and when lawmakers start to become unavailable
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Should such information be found, the visa will be revoked, and if the visa holder is in the United States, he or she would be tourists from many countries, are subject to deportation. subject to “continuous vetting,” The U.S. also will stop issuing with an eye toward any indication worker visas for commercial truck they could be ineligible for permis- drivers, Secretary of State Marco sion to enter or stay in the United Rubio said Thursday on X. He said the change was effective immediStates.
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