At the Capitol today, the full House is expected to debate a bill that would prohibit drivers from using a hand held cellphone while behind the wheel. The proposed law calls a 100-dollar fine or community service for first time offenders. Breaux Bridge Representative Mike Huval says the community service punishment could be handed out to teen drivers…
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Governor John Bel Edwards is confident the legislature will approve his proposal for 39-million dollars in block grant funding that would go to Louisiana school districts. Edwards says public schools desperately need this additional cash…
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House Republicans have resisted Edwards proposal for additional funding for public schools.

Louisiana set a record in 2018 for the number of tourists as 51-million people visited the Bayou State last year. The report, by DK Shifflet, says visitors in Louisiana spent nearly 19 billion dollars in 2018, a seven percent increase from 2017….
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Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser says there’s been a total of 67-hundred new tourism-related jobs in Louisiana since 2016.

A report from the personal finance website Wallethub ranks Louisiana as the worst state for police officers. Wallethub analyst Jill Gonzales says Louisiana ranks 49th for median income and 50th in police deaths per one-thousand officers Gonzales says it appears Louisiana needs better de-escalation tactics…
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