AARP Louisiana says Senate Bill 134 would effectively eliminate the ability to hold nursing homes accountable for malpractice with a cap on malpractice damage and they’re urging Governor Landry to veto it. Bill author, Senator Thomas Pressly, says his bill clarifies the Medical Malpractice Act, which was always intended to include nursing homes. AARP Director of Advocacy Andrew Muhl (“mull”)….
Lawmakers passed a bill to mostly outlaw speed cameras with exceptions for school zones and one town that says their police department doesn’t have the resources to run radar. The House amended Senator Stewart Cathey’s bill to exempt Opelousas. Cathey says it’s a slippery slope.
Cut 9 (12) “…across our state.”
The LSU Baseball is heading to Omaha. It’s the Tigers 20th trip to the College World Series. They punched their ticket by sweeping West Virginia in the Super Regional with last night’s 12 to 5 win. Shortstop Stevan Milam was the offensive star of the series with a grand slam in game one and four more runs on Sunday night. Milam struggled with the bat in SEC play, but he’s been a Monster at the plate in the NCAA Tournament….
Louisiana ranks 49th in the country for overall child well-being according to the Kids Count Data Book Director of Data and Research at Agenda for Children, Tereasa Falgoust says s 30 percent of Louisiana children and teen deaths were due to homicide, double the national rate…