House Transportation is considering legislation to ban the handheld use of a cellphone when driving. Breaux Bridge Representative Mike Huval is bringing the bill again this year after it failed final passage by a very slim margin last year…:
Cut 6 (13) “…we’ve addressed it.”
Vice President Kamala Harris is in Sunset today touting the importance of broadband access for rural areas. Congressman Troy Carter is accompanying Harris on her trip and says on the flight he used the time to also discuss Louisiana needs like resources to help small businesses and restaurants recover from the pandemic and natural disasters…
Cut 9 (08) “…previous storms.”
The new Metamor institute at the LSU Pennington Biomedical Research Center to treat obesity and diabetes is now open. Director Dr. Philip Schauer says the institute provides counseling, surgery, and medication…
Cut 13 (10) “…that is obesity.”
The institute will also conduct studies and research for a better understanding of obesity and provide better treatments.
50 students from Southern University Law Center are in DC for the Senate confirmation hearings for Supreme Court Nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson. Student Christopher Jordan is honored to be able to lend his support in any way that he can, even if it is from a distance.
New Orleans lifts its COVID-19 vaccine-or-test mandate for entrance into bars, restaurants, gyms and other public spaces