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St. Tammany’s resilience is evident following the damage caused by last week’s weather and tornado. Social media is filled with the efforts by so many who lent a hand, whether serving food, providing shelter, rescuing pets, removing debris or more. And these efforts continue.

If you or someone you know had damage, remember to complete a Damage Assessment Survey. This information follows FEMA criteria for preliminary damage assessments, and completion will speed up capturing damage across our area. The information collected will be very beneficial in the recovery process.

Let others know they can donate to the Northshore Community Foundation’s Disaster Response Fund and the United Way of Southeast Louisiana’s Disaster Relief Fund.

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The bill providing for a Constitutional Convention, HB800, is being considered by the House and Governmental Affairs Committee today. The committee will be armed with an initial set of recommendations from Gov. Jeff Landry’s transition team on how to change the current constitution. That team chiefly wants lawmakers to consider moving parts of the constitution that govern the state’s judiciary— such as rules for state appeals courts, parish district attorneys and the Judiciary Commission—to statute, which means lawmakers may change it later without a vote of the public.

Click here to read the full nola.com article and here to read the names of the 27 delegates Gov. Landry will nominate to take part in the constitutional convention.

There are significant proposed changes to the structure of Louisiana Economic Development (LED) on the senate floor that you may be interested in keeping an eye on. You can follow the Senate Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection, and International Affairs tomorrow, April 17, beginning at 9:30 a.m. if interested in hearing more as Senator Mizell presents this legislation for consideration. Click here then click on the video icon for the Commerce Committee to view it. Click here to read the text of Senator Mizell's SB 494 and click here to read a summary of the proposed changes from Elevate Louisiana.

Click here to read the Chamber's Legislative Update for last week with information provided by the Louisiana Association for Business and Industry.

ICYMI, click here to hear our CEO Lacey Osborne's recent interview with The Lake 94.7 and click here to hear our Board Member and Visit The Northshore CEO Donna O'Daniels' recent interview with Newell Normand about tourism growth on the Northshore.

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