A proposal is advancing in the House that would provide individuals who are unemployed with a one-thousand dollar check if they find a full-time job, but they wouldn’t be able to receive unemployment benefits for the next six months. Bossier City Representative Raymond Crews says another option is to cut off federal enhanced unemployment benefits…
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The legislation could be heard on the House floor next week.

The Louisiana House is set to debate on Monday a bill that would prohibit motorists that are behind the wheel from touching a handheld cell phone. Haughton Representative Dodie Horton supports the legislation…
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The measure passed the House Transportation Committee unanimously this week.

The C-D-C says vaccinated people no longer need to wear a mask in most indoor settings. Tulane Epidemiologist Doctor Susan Hassig agrees with the new CDC recommendation and says it should also reassure individuals who are inoculated.
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Nearly 30-percent of Louisiana’s population is vaccinated.

It was social media where two women allegedly sold fraudulent Motor Vehicle Inspection stickers and it was also social media that helped them get caught. State Police Trooper Taylor Scrantz says they have charged Louvenia Allen of Baton Rouge and Yakeiva Hicks of New Orleans with forgery, computer fraud, and criminal conspiracy….
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Scrantz says the two sold the forged stickers under the screen names of “Kellz Goated” and “Big Kellz.”