A bill that would penalize drivers who push wakes into people’s homes during a flood has advanced to the Senate floor. Matt Doyle has more.
The Trump administration is touting the results of an oil and gas bid that sold what amounts to roughly one percent of the space on the Gulf of Mexico water bottom for natural resource exploitation. 33 companies made 124.8 million dollars in bids Wednesday on 148 offshore tracts. Tulane Energy Institute Associate Director Eric Smith It’s the first sale since 1983, he says the sale could be a boost to companies involved in offshore drilling.
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Governor John Bel Edwards says if a bill to ban abortion after 15 weeks ends up on his desk he’ll likely sign it. Edwards made the comments during his monthly call-in radio show, “Ask the Governor”….
A team official says the Saints and Pelicans are committed to Louisiana and the city of New Orleans. Since Tom Benson’s death, there have been questions surrounding the fate of both teams in one of the smallest sports markets in the country. Saints and Pels President Dennis Lauscha says the late Tom Benson and now Gayle Benson have been pleased with the support fans have given both teams since owning the Saints starting in 1985 and the Pels in 2013…