District 1 Congressman and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise led colleagues in passing a bill requiring federal workers to return to the office. It’s dubbed the “SHOW UP Act”; an acronym for Stopping Home Office Work’s Unproductive Problems. On the House floor, Scalise tells members the government should be held to the same standard as taxpayers…:
CUT 03(09) “…get the job done.”
He says needed government services for taxpayers are going undone because federal offices are un-staffed or badly under-staffed. He says the pandemic is over and it’s time to stop working from home.
A Hahnville man gets 8 years in prison for a July 4th 2020 DWI boating accident that killed a woman. State Wildlife and Fisheries spokesman Adam Einck says 25-year-old Kevin Comardelle was found to be intoxicated while piloting the boat. 36-year-old Audrey Higgins of Luling was killed in the collision. Einck says Comardelle was convicted of vehicular homicide and four counts of first-degree vehicular negligent injuring…:
CUT 07(09) “…of the vessel.”
There’s a $1300 reward offered for helping New Orleans student Scott Elston recover his stolen Shar Pei puppy. The dogs can easily cost that much or more to obtain. Louisiana Humane Society director Jeff Dorson says someone broke in while Elston was in class…:
CUT 09(10) “…called Toby.”
Shar Peis are hard to miss for all their folds of skin. Call 888-6-HUMANE if you think you’ve seen Toby.
A police officer in the West Baton Rouge Parish town of Addis, who caused the death of two teen girls while engaged in a high speed chase on New Year’s Eve, has resigned his job. Officer David Cauthern and officers from other jurisdictions were chasing a car theft suspect, when he broadsided the girls’ vehicle. He has been charged with 2 counts of negligent vehicular homicide.