The statewide average price for a regular gallon of gasoline has surpassed four dollars for the first time since 2022 in Louisiana. AAA fuel analyst Don Redman says the statewide average is up to $4.02, a 22-cent increase, from a week ago. Redman says the reopening of the strait of Hormuz in the Middle East is what needs to happen for gas prices to fall…
Redman says when gas prices go above four-dollars a gallon, many families are forced to curtail their spending.
In a response to last month’s fatal mass shooting at the Mall of Louisiana, the Louisiana Senate has passed legislation that would result in a gunman being charged with first-degree murder, which would make that person eligible for the death penalty, if they fire a gun at a crowd of people….
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That’s Shreveport Senator Alan Seabaugh. First-degree murder charges are usually handed down if a person kills another person while also committing a felony.
Researchers at Tulane University say it’s only a matter of time before New Orleans gets swallowed up by gulf waters. Lead researcher Torbjorg Tornqvist (TORB-yorg TORN-quist), a professor of earth and environmental sciences at Tulane, says due to climate change, sea level is gradually rising, and that will lead to further coastal erosion.
Tornqvist says the process of relocating people from New Orleans should start now as the city will be surrounded by the Gulf within decades.
A show that examines the challenges facing Louisiana’s struggling shrimping industry is now available to be streamed a Louisiana Public Broadcasting. Producer Oscar Tickle says the show is called Empty Boats, Foreign Shrimp…
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Tickle says an influx of imported shrimp has steadily driven down the value of the local catch.