Bryan Adams went from State Fire Marshal to Office of Motor Vehicles Commissioner this week as Governor Landry has called on Adams to lead the effort in modernizing the outdated OMV system. The current mainframe system is 50 years old, and keeps crashing, causing delays at OMV offices, forcing customers to make another appointment for another day. Adams says enough is enough.
It is Distracted Diving Awareness Month and the Louisiana Highway Safety Commission plans to push lawmakers in the upcoming session to approve a hands-free primary law, which would allow police officers to ticket drivers who use a hand held cell phone while driving. The Commission’s executive director Lisa Freeman…
Cut 26 (07) “….tremendous results”
ULM students have approved a 75-dollar fee per semester that will generate 600-thousand dollars in its first year for the school’s athletic department. ULM Athletic Director John Hartwell says the fee goes into effect for the 2025 Fall Semester…
Cut 9 (11) “…21 million dollars.”
Hartwell says they plan to use the money to install a new video board in Fant-Ewing Coliseum. The A-D says there’s also plans to spend the money on improving the nutrition program, mental health services and strength and training programs for the school’s 17 athletic teams.
LSU star women’s basketball player Flau’Jae Johnson is reportedly returning for her senior season. Reed Darcey of the Advocate says Johnson said after the team’s season-ending loss to UCLA, she wanted to get past the Elite Eight…