The House Transportation Committee advances legislation that would replace the inspection sticker with a QR code. During the committee discussion, legislators had questions about what the QR code would reveal. OMV Director Bryan Adams says the QR code will only reveal to law enforcement officers the VIN.
Emissions testing will still be required for residents living in the Baton Rouge area because of a federal air quality order under the Clean Air Act.
And when you go to fill up, you’re continuing to pay up the nose at the pump. Triple-A says the statewide average for a gallon of regular unleaded is $3.63, up more than a dollar in one month. Gas Buddy-dot-com petroleum analyst Patrick DeHaan says it can all be traced back to the war with Iran…
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The national average is more than four dollars a gallon.
The group Restore The Mississippi Delta is out with a new ad campaign touting the benefits of reconnecting the Mississippi River to coastal wetlands. The digital and streaming ads feature a casino theme that notes that by canceling two major sediment diversion projects, Governor Landry is putting people’s livelihoods at risk.
We’re getting reaction from the Alliance for Affordable Energy on Entergy’s agreement with Meta that they say will deliver more than two-billion dollars in savings to customers over the next 20 years. As part of the agreement, Entergy will build seven new natural gas-fueled power plants, all paid for by Meta. Executive Director Logan Burke says that’s a lot of risk.