Governor Edwards signed into law a bill that requires public schools in the state to teach water safety. The bill’s author is Larose Representative Joe Orgeron, who says an average of 17 children drowned each year from 2017 through 2019, making it the number three cause of injury-related death in children up to age 14. Now, he says, local schools will have some tools to hopefully reverse that trend…:
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The July 4th holiday saw another boating death; a 17-year-old Slidell girl killed Monday when she fell overboard and was run over by her boat’s driver. Wildlife & Fisheries spokesman Adam Einck says 33-year-old David Crowe, of Denham Springs, was jailed on charges of DUI, negligent vehicular homicide and reckless operation…:
CUT 04(10) “…protective rail.”
He says if Madison Bradley had been behind that rail, she’d still be alive.
State Attorney General Jeff Landry files a petition asking the state Supreme Court to toss a temporary restraining order barring the state from enforcing Louisiana’s abortion trigger law. It was filed Saturday, and there’s been no reply from the high court as yet.
A new campaign takes the message of coastal preservation right to the President’s backyard. David Grubb has more…:
Cut 02 (37) “…David Grubb.”