The utility company, SWEPCO says grid conditions are now stable after having to shut off power to more than 30-thousand customers in Bossier and Caddo Parishes on Saturday. SWEPCO says the power had to be turned off because Southwest Power Pool, the regional transmission organization, was having issues on its end and the power had to be turned off for some SWEPCO customers to prevent widespread damage to the power lines and equipment.

Two new buildings are coming to Louisiana Tech. Colleen Crain reports

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Tomorrow, the Senate Judiciary Committee will hear a bill that seeks to ban kratom. The Drug Enforcement Administration lists kratom as a drug and chemical of concern, because it can cause seizures, nausea, vomiting and hallucinations. But some use kratom to self-treat chronic pain much like an opioid, but Monroe Senator Jay Morris says that’s a problem…

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The Louisiana District Attorneys Association and the Louisiana Sheriff’s Association support Morris’s bill.

Louisiana lawmakers are also working on passing a budget for next fiscal year. If you want to get an idea on how difficult that can be, go to solve-the-budget-dot-com. Public Affairs Research Council president Steven Procopio says the educational website posses more three dozen yes or no tax and spending questions, each with a dollar figure of how much the item will cost or how much it will increase revenue by…

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