If you have a 337 or 504 area code, as of today, you have to dial all ten digits when calling locally. FCC Spokesperson Paloma Perez says it’s because those area codes have 988 exchanges which will be used in the future for a national suicide hotline.
Perez says the change is being implemented now so callers in the 337 and 504 area codes will be in the habit of dialing all ten digits well before the July 2022 launch of 988 the national counseling phone line.
If your wallet’s banking on seeing a drop in gas prices sometime soon, Don Redman, field analyst for Triple-A, says that doesn’t seem to be in the cards this fall for drivers in Louisiana or elsewhere.
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Early Voting for the November 13th election starts on Saturday. Governor Edwards has come out in favor of two of the four amendments on the ballot. Kevin Gallagher has more…:
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The Saints return from a bye week tonight as they visit the Seahawks in Seattle. New Orleans has a couple of big injuries on offense, Taysom Hill and Deonte Harris are out.
Now today’s commodity report.
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