Senate Transportation unanimously approves a bill to repeal legislation to install speed cameras on the I-10 Atchafalaya Basin Bridge. The bill would also reverse doubling speeding ticket fines. Bill co-author, New Iberia Senator Blake Miguez argues residents in his district can’t afford it.
The measure heads to the Senate floor.
A pipe and tube manufacturer from India has decided to build its first U-S production facility in Mansfield. The project will create 135 direct jobs. DeSoto Parish juror, Trina Boyd Simpson, says Global Seamless Tubes and Pipes will revitalize the former Hensley facility…
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Millions are excited for Monday’s total solar eclipse, but mother nature may have other plans. Gary Chatelain (Shat-ta-lane) with the National Weather Service in Shreveport says they’re expecting cloudy skies on Monday before strong storms arrive.
Chatelain says it will be mostly cloudy during the peak hours early Monday afternoon,
And while and much of the state will get a 90-percent or higher of totality view and southeast Louisiana will have about a 75-percent view of the eclipse, Tulane School of Medicine, Chair of Ophthalmology, Doctor David Hinkle, recommends certified eclipse glasses and beware of fake ones…
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Looking at the eclipse without proper eyewear can lead to permanent damage to your eyes, even with anticipated cloudy weather.