Governor Jeff Landry says a plan is in place to build a new I-10 Calcasieu River Bridge and the overall cost is 25-percent lower than what the Edwards administration proposed. Landry says federal and state dollars will be used to pay for the bridge and tolls will be needed too, but 26-percent lower than what was proposed last year. Landry says the state will also get 15-percent equity in the bridge, which means 15-percent of the profits will go back to the area…
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The Louisiana Motor Transport Association does not like Landry’s plan, even though it reduces the proposed toll for trucks to cross the bridge from $12.50 to $8.25. Director of the L-M-T-A Renee Amar…
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The regular session begins in March and Oil City Republican Danny McCormick has already filed what he calls a constitutional carry bill that would allow non-felons, 18-years-and-older to conceal carry a gun without a permit..
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The regular session begins March 11th.

Visitation for Grammy-winning Cajun musician Jo-EL Sonnier is being held this afternoon, and his funeral will be tomorrow in Sulphur. The 77-year-old collapsed shortly after a performance in Llano, Texas last Saturday. Executive Director of the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame Mike Shepard says Sonnier died doing what he loved…
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In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to AutismSpeaks-dot-org. Sonnier was diagnosed with autism as a child.