As fast as the price of gasoline is rising, the price of diesel is soaring as fast as an 18-wheeler speeding down a six-percent grade hill after losing its brakes. Some stations are selling diesel for more than five dollars a gallon. Dr. Walter Lane, the chairman of the Department of Economics, Finance and Accounting at UNO, says that’s going to make nearly everything you buy more expensive.
Gonzales Representative Kathy Edmonston is proposing that proceedings in the Family Court for East Baton Rouge Parish be live-streamed for remote public access. Since family court almost always involves children in one way or another; there can be privacy issues. Edmonston says as such, she will likely be amending her bill accordingly.
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The Louisiana House approves a bill to name a proposed new bridge in Baton Rouge after President Trump, but only if there’s a strong financial commitment from the federal government. Jeff Palermo has the story.
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Tragedy in Rapides Parish as former Sheriff William Hilton is killed in a hit-and-run. Hilton served as sheriff for 16 years, from 1992 until 2008. Deputies eventually had to use spike strips to stop the suspect vehicle and arrest the suspect. William Hilton was 80 years old.