The first Gulf oil and lease sale of 2021 in New Orleans today. President Biden placed a moratorium on new oil and gas development on federal land and waters, but a 13-state lawsuit led by Attorney General Jeff Landry resulted in a nationwide injunction against the executive order. He says the lease sale is welcome news but he’s still looking for the Biden Administration to take public action on developing the five-year lease program or else energy prices will continue to increase…
Tim Waldenback, co-founder of Zutobi, says in a report that insurance premiums will help keep the state as the most expensive in the nation to operate a vehicle in come 2031. The report is based mostly on the use of combustion engine vehicles, which Waldenback says may change as more and more electric vehicles hit the road.
A 75-year-old Louisiana man, Henry Montgomery, who has spent about 58 years of his life in prison for the shooting death of an East Baton Rouge Parish sheriff’s deputy when he was 17 was granted parole today by the Louisiana Parole Board. Kerry Myers, Deputy Director of the Louisiana Parole Project, says the paroling of Montgomery is similar to thousands that have occurred nationwide and dozens in Louisiana.
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Montgomery’s death sentence for killing Deputy Charles Hunt was tossed on fair trial challenges, his retrial ending in a sentence of life without parole that was eventually deemed by the Supreme Court cruel and unusual punishment because he was 17.
A cold front will be crossing into the state tonight and tomorrow. State Climatologist Barry Keim says the chances of scattered showers will persist today and tomorrow. As for Friday afternoon and evening, Keim says we should have ideal weather for playoff games.
It’ll start warming up by Saturday afternoon.