The State Fire Marshal’s Office has issued guidance to assist the housing and real estate industry follow a new law that requires at least one carbon monoxide alarm in every home sold or leased after January first. State Fire Marshal spokesperson Ashley Rodrigue says this is particulary important for homes using natural gas for heating, cooking or hot water, but also for those with whole home generation….
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Again this new law takes effect January 1st.

The House Ways and Means Committee has begun the process of looking at eliminating the state’s income tax as a way to bring more jobs to Louisiana. Mandeville Representative Richard Nelson says the state’s current tax structure continues to hold Louisiana back and it’s time for real tax reform…
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House Ways and Means plans to meet several more times before the start of next year’s legislative session.

Ochsner’s CEO Warner Thomas announces he’s leaving his position after ten years to serve as a president for a nonprofit hospital network in northern California. During Thomas’s time as president of Ochsner, the health system tripled in size. Thomas says he’ll forever be grateful for Ochsner’s role during the COVID pandemic…
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Ochsner CEO Pete November will replace Warner in six weeks.

Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser says the Office of Tourism is relaunching the African American Heritage Trail, which was first launched in 2008. The African American Heritage Trail has about 38 sites starting from the arrival of ships carrying the enslaved and continuing all the way through the Civil Rights period. Nungesser says it will have long-term benefits to the state…
cut 9 (11) “….for tourist”