The Louisiana House has put the brakes on a bill requiring all public school buses to have heating and air conditioning by 2032. The proposal would also mandate all buses bought after August 1st would be equipped with heat and air. Amite Representative Robby Carter doesn’t see how anyone would vote against a safety measure…
Cut 10 (10) “…in the afternoon.”
But opponents say this is an unfunded mandate on local school systems.

Despite pleas from the Jewish Community, the House Criminal Justice Committee rejected a Senate approved measure that would take nitrogen suffocation off the table as a method to execute a death row prisoner. John Sinquefield with the Attorney General’s Office said the use of nitrogen hypoxia is not comparable to the poisonous gas used during the Holocaust. But Jacquelyn Stern says Sinquefield missed the point…
cut 8 (12) “…as jews”

The LSU Tigers improved its NCAA Tournament resume with a solid nine-to-one win over Georgia in the opening game of the SEC Tournament.
Cut 3 (35) “…I’m Colleen Crain.”

The Conference USA Tournament begins today in Ruston. Top-seeded Louisiana Tech takes on Middle Tennessee at around 4 PM. Director of Marketing and Communications for Experience Ruston, Tori Davis, says they are excited to welcome the seven other teams to Lincoln Parish…
cut 15 (09) “…in Ruston”