Louisiana’s energy industry is upset that the Biden Administration cancelled oil & gas lease sales in the Gulf and Alaska. Louisiana Oil & Gas Association President Mike Moncla says the White House is failing to respond in a time of crisis, with gas prices reaching a record $4.40-a-gallon and consumer prices up 8.3 percent from a year ago…:
CUT 08(09) “…would do that.”
New leases and drilling won’t have any quick impact on current gas prices, since it will take years for them to produce oil.
Child drownings are on the rise in our state. LDH Regional Medical Director Martha Whyte says drownings in and near the home are particularly troubling. She says boating drownings are another matter, and so preventable. Just put everyone in a life vest…:
CUT 12(10) “…at all times.”
After a Republican lawmaker’s bill to charge women who have abortions with murder fell to defeat Thursday, some wonder if there will be political fallout for the GOP in our state. “LAPolitics.com” publisher Jeremy Alford says many feel the bill was needlessly harsh and unnecessary, because of a trigger law banning abortion with the reversal of Roe v. Wade. Alford says the bill was gutted of its criminal teeth via amendment…:
CUT 05(09) “…politically have not.”
Alford says the measure seemed to represent an ultra-right fringe of the Republican Party. The bill was withdrawn from debate by its sponsor, Rep. Danny McCormick of Oil City.
The state Supreme Court has reversed a lower court’s ruling on Baton Rouge pastor Tony Spell, who refused to stop church services during the governor’s COVID lockdown. Spell was arrested and even jailed for it. The High Court ruled the order violated Spell’s 1st Amendment rights. The Governor’s office says he did what he did to protect public health and save lives.