As the legislature continues to debate a bill that, among other things, would ban SNAP recipients from using their benefits to buy soft drinks, Governor Landry is taking it one step further.
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Landry says if SNAP recipients want to buy those products, they can do so with their own money and not with taxpayer money.
The House Natural Resources Committee has voted down a bill that would have allowed parishes to vote on whether to permit carbon sequestration wells in their areas. There was passionate testimony on both sides, including from 16-year-old Avery Williams, who expressed concerns about storing carbon dioxide below ground…
Industry leaders expressed concern this bill would complicate permitting and hinder a growing industry where carbon dioxide emissions are captured from the air and stored underground.
Looking for something to do this weekend? Why not take in the biggest crawfish festival in the state. Colleen Crain reports.
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The second weekend of Jazz Fest in New Orleans ramps up today. Luke Combs is one of the main headliners.
In Sulphur, the state high school softball tournament resumes with semifinal action.
And tomorrow is election day, voters in Lake Charles will decide whether to re-elect Nic Hunter. He’s being challenged by Democrat Marshall Simien.