The move to bring in more revenue for the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries by raising hunting and fishing license costs is gaining momentum. LDWF Secretary Jack Montoucet says license fees have remained steady for the last 20 years and a fund that’s helped finance the department is nearly dry
The proposal calls for the cost of a basic fishing license to increase seven dollars, a basic annual hunting license would climb 50 bucks.
Slidell Senator Sharon Hewitt withdrew her bill that would establish closed primaries for Congressional races. She says the fight isnt over and moving away from the jungle primary would help grow healthy state parties…
Former LSU President F. King Alexander says the opposition he faced from local leaders to his move to deprioritize standardized test scores in admissions was racist. Before instituting the change three years ago prior policy only allowed four percent of the incoming freshmen to not meet the required ACT/SAT requirements. He says it was disproportionately used to recruit student-athletes of color.
Alexander made the comments on Talk Louisiana.
A new program goes into effect today to help speed up the verification process for Louisianans filing for unemployment. Louisiana Workforce Commission Secretary Ava Cates says ID.me will help ensure the correct person collects benefits.