A bill to name a proposed new Mississippi River Bridge in Baton Rouge after President Trump has received approval from the House Transportation Committee. Jeff Palermo has the story.
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Two men have been cited in the shooting of a whooping crane in Evangeline Parish. Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries whooping crane biologists reported the bird’s transmitter stopped sending data February 28th…the dead bird was found in a crawfish pond off Millers Lake Road there. Officials have cited those involved with violating the migratory bird treaty act.
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The Department of Insurance releases its benchmarks for hurricane-only premium discounts for fortified roofs. The discounts range from 16-percent for those in north Louisiana with a base-level fortified roof to 49-percent for those in south Louisiana with a gold-level fortified roof. Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple says insurance companies looking to deviate from those discount percentages will need to justify their reasons.
A team from the US Geological Survey has spent time this week installing new equipment to help in detecting earthquakes. That’s after a series of earthquakes in northwest Louisiana triggered by last Thursday’s magnitude 4.9 in Red River Parish. Cynthia Ebinger (uh-BING-er) with the Tulane University School of Science and Engineering, says the data collected from those instruments will be very beneficial.