The trucking industry in Louisiana says insurance and lawsuit abuse are its biggest concerns in 2025. Executive director of the Louisiana Motor Transport Association, Renee Amar, says the cost of insurance is driving truckers out of the state.
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Public Service Commissioner Foster Campbell is reminding us that he predicted the expensive buyout of Brian Kelly’s contract in 2021. He says LSU should never have given the former head coach a 10-year contract without it being incentive based.
Campbell says the LSU Board of Supervisors did not handle Kelly’s contract well and says it needs to avoid the same mistake with this next coach search.
Louisiana ranks 31st in the Tax Foundation’s Tax Competitiveness Index, up six spots from the year before. Jeff Palermo has more.
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The coldest weather of the season so far is coming next week. LSU Health Climatologist Barry Keim says the highs will only be in the 50s Monday with lows in the lower 40s for South Louisiana and upper 30s for North Louisiana and then on Tuesday even colder…