The Public Service Commission is looking at ways to help prevent massive power outages likes the ones that plagued the state in February and then again with Hurricane Ida. District 2 Commissioner Craig Greene says they want to research preventative measures, like placing power lines underground, to see if it reduces outages,
Governor Edwards discussed the constitutional amendments that were on the ballot Saturday, on his monthly radio show Ask the Governor. Under amendment Two the only one that passed, state income tax brackets will go down, but taxpayers’ deduction of federal income taxes paid will go away. Edwards says this change will eventually mean fewer revenue shortfalls for the state…:
Cut 9 (08) “…raise and lower taxes.”
Senator John Kennedy is pointing the finger of blame at the Biden administration for the dramatic rise in inflation that’s impacting the costs of just about every good and service in the nation. He said on the Senate floor Wednesday:
Cut 12 (09) “…figure that out.”
Kennedy says the inflation is being spurred on by federal spending
The Bayou State receives an F on the 2021 March of Dimes report card for a preterm birth rate of 13-percent. Medical Director of the Louisiana Perinatal Quality Collaborative Dr. Veronica Gillespie-Bell says while it’s always disappointing to get a poor grade…
Gillespie-Bell says while the state received a poor grade however in some parishes the preterm birth rate has improved