3:30 LRN Newscast May 17

At the State Capitol, a bill to block teaching Critical Race Theory in Louisiana schools fails to pass the House Education Committee. St. Bernard Parish Representative Ray Garafalo is the bill’s author, and says there is indoctrination going on in our schools. But Homer Representative Patrick Jefferson says “prove that is so”…:

CUT 12(12)      “…articulate to me?”

Others felt it would be un-enforceable as law. The committee voted to defer Garafalo’s bill.

A bill requiring folks that own electric cars or hybrids to pay a road usage fee passes the full House. Baton Rouge Representative Barbra Friedberg says people pay a gas tax for road maintenance and EV drivers need to have “skin in the game” too…:

CUT 03(07)      “…that privilege.”

The bill would dun EV drivers $110 yearly and hybrid drivers $60 yearly. It moves forward to the Senate.

 

Police in Broussard are investigating the death of a ten-month-old infant and the critical beating of a 2-year-old. Few details are known at this time, but we do know a 49-year-old, Tammy Clause, is charged with 2nd-degree murder and cruelty to a juvenile.

Louisiana marks another all-time high at the gas pump today. Brooke Thorington has more…:

CUT 01(30)      “…Brooke Thorington.”