The House is expected to take up legislation today that would ban drivers from touching their cell phones while behind the wheel. Bill author, Breaux Bridge Representative Mike Huval says the proposal is a life saver, and a cost saver…
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Huval says Georgia recently passed a cellphone ban and the Peach State has seen a 15-percent reduction in commercial vehicle fatalities, and a four-percent reduction in all fatalities, which adds up to 50 lives saved due to the new law.
Senator Bill Cassidy spoke with the President last week about his plan for ending surprise medical billing costs for patients. The Senator says he’s working out legislation and regulations that would require hospitals to be upfront with the total cost of treatments…
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National Police week kicks off and according to the personal finance website WalletHub Louisiana is ranked the worst state for police officers in 2019. WalletHub spokesperson Jill Gonzales says Louisiana falls well below the average in officer income ranking 49th…
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A record breaking 51.3 million tourists visited Louisiana in 2018, a nine percent increase over 2017. That’s according to Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser who cited a report, by DK Shifflet, that says visitors in Louisiana spent nearly 19 billion dollars in 2018, a seven percent increase frin 2017. Nungesser says that’s a ton of money going back into the state and local budgets.
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Nungesser says the tourism industry added 2,600 jobs between 2017 and 2018, for a total of 237,200 jobs in the industry total.