Starting next July those who were found to be wrongfully convicted of a crime will see their compensation from the state increase from the current 25,000 dollars a year per year spent in prison to 40,000 dollars a year. Gretna Representative Joe Marino’s bill received near-unanimous support.
The maximum you can receive for wrongful conviction is 400,000 dollars.
After being crowded out of the housing market for the first half of the year there’s finally some good news for prospective first-time homebuyers: the price of lumber is plummeting. President of the Louisiana Homebuilders Association Tommy Pinion says the price is down about 45 percent in just over a month…
Today and tomorrow Senate Education Chairman Cleo Fields will be visiting a few schools around the state to explain his recently signed legislation mandating kindergarten attendance for those who turn five on or before September 30th. Fields says he expects to get quite a few questions from parents who’d rather homeschool their five-year-olds. He says they’ll have two options…
Fields says following the state curriculum will make your child TOPS eligible.
53-year-old Keith Hilliard, father of LSU pitcher Ma’Kail Hilliard, died in a Father’s Day drowning accident on the Amite River while tubing. Livingston Parish Sheriff Jason Ard says the Upper Amite River is unpredictable and cautions anyone in the water to pay attention and wear protective life gear.