A bill filed for the April legislative session would punish fentanyl dealers the same as convicted killers.
Cut 1 (31) “…I’m Kevin Gallagher.”

Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon has decided not to run for a fifth term. The 78-year-old Republican from Metairie is the longest-serving commissioner in the state’s history. He’ll use his remaining months in office trying to reduce the number of policyholders covered by the Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corporation.

Louisiana is among the top five states when it comes to the highest per capita rates of both reported fraud and identity theft. Federal Trade Commission Senior Data Researcher Emma Fletcher says they received fraud reports from 2.4 million Americans last year with a total loss of $8.8 billion to scams.
Cut 10 (06) “…really staggering numbers.”
And that’s up 30 percent from 2021.

Northwestern State has broken ground on a new 44-million dollar academic building that will feature laboratories for nursing and anethesia programs, a social work-psychology clinic and training area and several classrooms and offices. N-S-U President Doctor Marcus Jones thanks the Legislature for appropriating the money for the new building…
cut 8 (10) “…their help”