A bill would make using a hand-held cell phone while driving illegal. Louisiana Highway Safety Commission Director Lisa Freeman says texting while driving is tantamount to driving blindfolded.
H-B 519 was filed by Slidell Representative Brian Glorioso and Covington Senator Patrick McMath.
Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple has struggled to secure a meeting with Governor Jeff Landry, despite Landry’s push to address the state’s sky-high auto insurance rates, currently the highest in the nation. Temple says he’s made every effort to talk but hasn’t been able to engage in a substantive discussion with the governor.
Cut 12 (12) “…hasn’t taken place.”
Despite sky high egg prices across the country, families continue to embrace the beloved Easter tradition of dyeing eggs. Agriculture Commissioner Mike Strain urges you to shop around for the best prices.
Cut 11 (12) “…see that spike.”
At the start of April the average wholesale price in Louisiana was $3.75 per dozen and in other markets $6.23 per dozen.
LSU football coach Brian Kelly spoke publicly this morning for the first time since the death of former Tiger football star Kyren Lacy. Lacy was one of Kelly’s first signees out of the transfer portal after he arrived in Baton Rouge in November of 2021.
Cut 3 (05) “…incredible personality”
Lacy died Saturday night in Houston from an apparent suicide.