The Biden Administration’s ban on new oil and gas leases on federal land does not shut down current Gulf of Mexico drilling but will begin rolling it back in the coming years. LSU Center for Energy Studies Director David Dismukes says the biggest impacts will likely be seen halfway through Biden’s first term…
The Biden Administration argues halting the extraction of fossil fuels is key to limiting future global warming.
Legislators will be considering a gas tax proposal again this year in the regular session. Jonesboro Representative Jack McFarland’s bill would raise the gas tax ten cents in the next year and two cents every year after for ten years, but Governor Edwards is shooting down the idea because the economy is currently struggling…
The Secretary of State’s Office has re-started the process of replacing the state’s current stock of 10-thousand voting machines, which are decades-old. Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin says bids are due by March 24th and if the process goes smoothly, the new voting machines could show up at your precinct in the spring of 2022
Louisiana attempted to select a contractor in 2018 under former Secretary of State Tom Schedler, but the Edwards administration voided the deal with Dominion Voting Systems, claiming the bidding process was unfair.
LSU’s SEC schedule has been released. At home the Tigers take on Auburn, Florida, Arkansas and Texas A-and-M, and they’ll visit Mississippi State, Kentucky, Ole Miss and Alabama. The big Bama game is set for November sixth. The Tigers open the season in California against UCLA.