3:30 LRN Newscast March 24

A Desoto Parish lawmaker temporarily pulls his bill to impose fines on businesses that deny entry based on whether or not you’ve had COVID shots. Stonewall Republican Larry Bagley’s bill got bipartisan pushback in a House committee … like this from Baton Rouge Republican Scott McKnight…:

CUT 13(10)      “…how to run it.”

Bagley says there are concerns about whether coronavirus vaccines are safe and work as they should. After discussion, he deferred his bill for some tweaking, but says he’ll bring it back before the session ends.

Police in Slidell says they’ve identified – and arrested – 12 members of what they call a high-level drug distribution ring. The gang was moving large amounts of heroin, meth, amphetamines and fentanyl. Slidell Police Chief Randy Fandal says their Operation Clean Sweep is still ongoing and more arrests are coming.

 

A bill that would make developing renewable energies in Louisiana more attractive to entrepreneurs passes committee and heads to the House floor. State Natural Resources Secretary Thomas Harris says some developers have passed us by because our lease acreage offered is limited to just 5-thousand acres…:

CUT 11(12)      “…do business.”

Estimate reports show a single offshore wind farm could generate up to 5-thousand jobs.

Tuesday’s fierce tornado that hit St. Bernard Parish took the life of a 25-year-old U.L.-Lafayette graduate and aerospace engineer. Connor Lambert was an Arabi native and his Chalmette High football coach, Jason Tucker, says the whole town mourns him…:

CUT 04(11)      “…will be missed.”

Lambert was in the home he’d just purchased three months ago when the tornado hit.