DOTD is using the occasion of Love The Boot Week to launch a new program aimed at cleaning litter from busy highways. Secretary Glenn Ledet (luh-DAY) says it’s called Sponsor-A-Highway.
Cut 3 (05) “…segments of highways.”
Sponsor-A-Highway calls for companies to pay a monthly fee to have a third party vendor clean the sponsored section of highway.
The Louisiana House rejects a bill that would have required some TOPS recipients to pay back their scholarships if they lost them due to poor grades or not taking the required number of courses. Baton Rouge Representative Edmond Jordan could not figure how they would pay the money back, since the scholarship money goes directly to the schools.
The measure failed on a 38-62 vote.
We are ten days away from the start of early voting for the May 16th primary. voters in 20 parishes will also be electing a new person to represent the 5th Congressional district. In a poll of 600 likely voters, State Senator Blake Miguez leads the field in the 5th District Republican Party Primary as 20-percent of the respondents said they prefer Miguez. ULM Political Science professor Pearson Cross says it remains to be seen if Miguez ends up replacing Julia Letlow.
Rick Edmonds received 13-percent of the vote in the survey, followed by Michael Echols at 10-percent and Misti Cordell received three-percent.
Monroe’s William Patrick will likely see more playing time now that LSU right fielder Jake Brown will miss the rest of the season with a broken hamate bone. Coach Jay Johnson likes Patrick’s athleticism…
Cut 13 (07) “…a great competitor”