Governor Edwards holds a ceremonial bill signing this afternoon for “Katie Bug’s Law.” It requires drug testing of all drivers involved in crashes that result in serious injury. Bossier City Senator Ryan Gatti says the bill is named for 4-year-old Katie Grantham who died in the days following a wreck in 2017.
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The driver of the vehicle involved in the crash that killed Katie only pleaded guilty to running a red light.

The popular A-and-E reality TV series Live P-D will ride along with Lafayette Police officers tonight and tomorrow. The show began filming with Lafayette PD last weekend, despite the threat of Hurricane Barry. Lafayette Police Corporal Bridgette Dugas….
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The show airs tonight at 8 PM.

Congressmen Garret Graves and Cedric Richmond are co-authoring legislation that would send a greater share of offshore oil revenues to Gulf Coast states. Graves says it could result in 80 to 150-million dollars more for Louisiana to pay for coastal restoration and flood protection. Graves says coastal land loss is an emergency and it’s either pay now or pay more later…
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The U-S House passes a bill that would increase the federal minimum wage to 15-dollars an hour by 2025. But LSU Economist Loren Scott says an increase in the minimum wage would result in job losses and it’s unnecessary because wages are already rising in the aftermath of the 2017 tax reform package…
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The minimum wage hike proposal is not expected to get a vote in the Senate.