4:30 LRN Newscast May 17

Yesterday, I filled my tank and payed $3.93-a-gallon. Today the price was $4.19! That is, in fact, the statewide average price of regular gas. That beats the previous high of $4.16 set in March. Louisiana AAA fuel guy Don Redman says that’s 33-cents higher than just a month ago, and do you want to even know about a year ago?

CUT 05(11)      “…feeling the pinch.”

He says a good number of us may look to cancel summer travel plans or make shorter trips.

The full House passes a bill that would impose an annual road use fee on drivers of electric vehicles and hybrids. Baton Rouge Representative Barbara Frieberg’s bill proposes $110 yearly for EV cars and $60 yearly for hybrids…:

CUT 04(09)      “…enacted it yet.”

By a vote of 82-13, the bill passed and moves now to the Senate.

 

The FDA now recommends COVID booster shots for kids 5-to-11. Dr. Mark Kline is Chief Medical Officer at Children’s Hospital in New Orleans. He says the extra shots are a good idea for everyone; kids included…:

CUT 08(13)      “…protective range.”

He says the number of kids 5-to-11 that have had even one shot is very low.

The House has passed a bill that would prohibit giving out COVID shots at any Louisiana public school without obtaining parents’ permission. Terrebonne Parish Representative Baryl Amedee says putting her bill into law will mean less potential liability for school systems. The House voted 65-31 for the bill, sending it now to the Senate.

A carjacker in New Orleans sped off Monday with the car’s owner clinging to the hood. Cops saw that and stopped the car before it had gone more than three blocks; arresting the thug behind the wheel. The woman was not seriously hurt.