The Coast Guard is suspending the search for the eight crewmembers from the Seacor Power lift boat that capsized off the coast of Lafourche Parish Tuesday. Seacor Marine President John Gellert says 17 divers will continue to search the boat as they remain committed to recovering the eight missing. He says the divers have been through half of the vessel.
The NTSB will investigate if the weather was a factor.
Parks Senator Fred Mills introduces legislation tasking the Department of Health to create a statewide grading system for all water systems. Mills says there have been independent studies that rate the state’s water infrastructure at a D minus, and say it would cost five billion dollars to get to an acceptable level…
The House Ways and Means Committee approves legislation eliminating the ability for Louisiana taxpayers to deduct taxes paid to the IRS on their state return, but individual income tax rates would drop. Public Affairs Research Council President Robert Travis Scott…
Those who make 50-thousand dollars or above would see their individual income tax rates drop from six to 4.25 percent.
A suspected road rage incident in Jefferson Parish Saturday leads to a crash that killed three people, including an 11-year-old. Trooper Monroe Dillon says 49-year-old Paul Ferrara of New Orleans allegedly had a hostile exchange with a woman driving an F-150 and moments later rammed her truck…
Ferrara’s vehicle then spun out of control and hit another car. Ferrara along with those in the other vehicle were killed.