The House Transportation Committee approves a bill that levies a road usage fee on owners of electric and hybrid vehicles and the money will go towards highway and bridge maintenance. State Transportation Secretary Shawn Wilson says a gasoline tax pays for road upkeep and EV drivers need to have skin in the game. Caddo Parish Representative Dodie Horton agrees…:

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The bill would dun EV drivers an extra $110 a year. Hybrid drivers would be hit for $60 a year.

The Mayor of Pineville has been decided by only FIVE votes. James Rachal led for most of the night in Saturday’s election, but in the end it was Rich Dupree elected; again by a 5 vote margin. Rachal can request a recount, but he’s had no comment so far.

Nick Tullier, the East Baton Rouge sheriff’s deputy shot in an ambush in June 2016, and clinging to life ever since, is reportedly in critical condition. Doctors say an infection has gone septic. The family asks for prayers. Tullier was among 6 officers shot in that attack. 3 of them were killed.

Saturday’s Garth Brooks concert in Tiger Stadium was a big success. The after-concert traffic? Not so much. Hundreds of motorists were stranded in a jam up at the Capital City’s I-10 / College Drive interchange, while an impromptu hot rod stunt show was held in the middle of the street. Police were nowhere to be found. It’s unknown if any arrests were made at all. Other such displays were also reported off Seigen Lane and Nicholson Drive.

The Honey Badger is coming home. David Grubb has the latest on Tyrann Mathieu joining the Saints…:

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