U-S Senator Bill Cassidy believes justice was done when former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty on all counts Tuesday. Cell phone video showed Chauvin’s knee pressing on George Floyd’s neck for nine and half minutes during an arrest. Cassidy says he spoke to local law enforcement who tell him what Chauvin did is not taught in police training.
The Louisiana Senate will soon have the opportunity to decide whether .45-percent of the state’s 4.45-percent sales tax should strictly be used on Louisiana roads. Bossier City Senator Barrow Peacock says with billions in federal infrastructure aid potentially headed to the state, the state needs to start putting some money aside.
Cut 5 (08)“… for federal funds.”
Peacock’s proposal has already cleared a Senate committee.
Social media claims that the COVID vaccine is responsible for a more than 300-percent increase in miscarriages is raising eyebrows. LSU Health New Orleans OB/GYN Doctor Asha Heard says recent studies by the CDC and the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology say otherwise.
Heard says as with any medical concern speak with your personal physician.
A bill requiring young children to attend kindergarten will be heard in the Senate education committee today. Stand for Children Governmental Affairs Director Brigitte Nieland fully support Senator Cleo Fields’ legislation because she says kindergarten provides vital foundational skills.
Cut 14 (09) “…student’s lifetime.”
But Louisiana Family Forum President Gene Mills says parents should decide if their children attend kindergarten, not the Louisiana Legislature.