Governor Landry is backing legislation that would result stricter advertising standards for personal injury attorneys, but is the proposed law constitutional. Sean Richardson spoke with a legal expert…
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The Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously advances a bill that would do away with speed cameras in Louisiana. The bill’s author, Monroe Republican Stewart Cathey, says some cities and towns are using the camers as a way to grab money saying the revenue from one village makes it obvious.
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The House Ways and Means Committee approves legislation to increase the state tax on vapes and e-cigarettes. A representative from the American Lung Association testified and said one out of four middle school students and one out of three high school students are using tobacco products and a majority are vaping.
Bossier City Representative Dennis Hamburg knows there’s a large percentage of teens smoking vapes and e-cigarettes and if it costs more, it can reduce the percentage of minors using these products.
But Mandeville Representative Jay Galle’ is not a believer in those statistics.
Vacherie Representative Ken Brass’s legislation could see a hearing in front of House Appropriations, before a vote on the House floor. It will take a two-thirds vote for the measure to advance to the Senate.