You’ll want to make sure you’re able to receive weather alerts as a major system will move into Louisiana later tonight and State Climatologist Barry Keim says it has the potential to bring tornados, high winds, hail, and even heavy rainfall.
Much of the state is already under a flash flood watch with this system that could drop several inches of rain in a short time.
The House Transportation Committee approves legislation once again to ban held-held cell phones while driving. Breaux Bridge Representative Mike Huval says his legislation is intended to promote safe driving behavior and not for the police to issue a bunch of tickets…
Fifty students from the Southern University Law Center are in DC watching the Senate confirmation hearings for Supreme Court Nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson, who could be the first Black woman to join the nation’s highest court. Third-year law-student Quiana-Joy (Key-ana) Ochiagha (Oh-chi-aga) sees the potential confirmation as a starting point for greater inclusion moving forward.
Cut 11 (12) “…my new profession.”
LSU’s Pennington Biomedical Research Center opens a new Bariatric Institute on its Baton Rouge campus. Doctor Philip Schauer says the state-of-the-art facility is important to Louisiana as about 40-percent of its residents are obese costing the state 13-billion dollars annually in direct medical expenses and lost workdays…
Cut 14 (11) “…effective obesity treatment.”