The Chairman of the Louisiana House Insurance Committee says an effort will be made in the upcoming legislative session to lower auto insurance rates. Jeanne Burns has more…
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A Red River Parish Sheriff’s Deputy was involved in a wreck on Saturday morning that killed a 70-year-old woman. State Police say Ella Winn of Coushatta made a left turn into the sheriff’s deputy’s Chevy Tahoe, which had its emergency lights and sirens activated. Investigators say Winn was not wearing a seatbelt and died at the scene, while the deputy, 23-year-old Asia Pikes, suffered severe injuries.
For those living in the 3-1-8 area code, they are encouraged to start dialing all ten digits of a phone number when making a phone call. Public Service Commissioner Foster Campbell says you have six months to get used to dialing ten digits for local calls in the 318 area code before it becomes mandatory August 25th.
New telephone numbers in the current 318 service area will be assigned the new 457 area code starting September 25th.
State Lawmakers will start making changes to the governor’s proposed budget when the regular session begins April 14th. Public Affairs Research Council President Steven Procopio says there are unanswered questions about state and federal financing sources which brings murkiness to this budget cycle…
Landry proposed a budget of nearly 45-billion dollars last week that would shrink overall spending by 430-million dollars.