Colorado State University’s predictions for the 2023 Atlantic hurricane have been released. Brooke Thorington has more.
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The House Commerce Committee has approved legislation that would allow the attorney general to fine porn sites that do not follow a state law that requires users to verify their age. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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The Pelicans’ season ended last night with a loss to Oklahoma City in the NBA’s play-in tournament. When 2023 started, New Orleans was one of the top team’s in the league. Then Zion Williamson got hurt and the team suffered through other injuries. Coach Willie Green says it’s disappointing…
Williamson only played in 29 games this season because of a hamstring injury. Forward Brandon Ingram missed nearly half the with a toe injury and one of their top players off the bench Jose Alvarado missed 20 games down the stretch with an injury. CJ McCollum played much of the season with thumb and shoulder injuries and he says staying healthy next year will be a key…
Brandon Ingram had 30 points in a losing effort last night. He also acknowledges injuries were an issue all season long…
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Colorado State University researchers are predicting a slightly below-average Atlantic hurricane season for 2023. Research Assistant Tyler Barbero (Bah-rare-oh) says they are forecasting 13 named storms of which six would be hurricanes and two to reach major hurricane status.
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Researchers cite the likely development of El Nino as the primary factor for the below-average prediction for 2023.
And while a slightly below-average hurricane season prediction is welcome news for Bayou State residents, especially after 2020 and 2021, Barbero says to always have a hurricane plan in place regardless.
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The CSU prediction for a major hurricane to make landfall this season along the Gulf Coast, which stretches from the Florida panhandle westward to Brownsville, Barbero says is 28 percent.
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The CSU team will issue forecast updates on June 1st, July 6th, and August 3rd.
The first tropical storm of the 2023 season will be named Arlene, followed by Bret, Cindy, and Don.
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Legislation that requires personal locator beacons on life jackets of offshore workers being transported offshore by aircraft was approved by the House Commerce Committee. Jennings Representative Troy Romero says his bill was designed to help a family in his district who lost a son after a helicopter crash in 2008.
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The requirement for personal beacons was supposed to be part of earlier legislation known as “Jacob’s Law,” but was amended out because it was too expensive. Romero says prices have come down and the devices are now around $200.
New Orleans Representative Candace Newell (new-ELL) believes cost should not impede progress on offshore worker safety and says the legislature should move forward with keeping offshore workers safe.
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Romero’s bill now heads to the house floor.
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A House committee advances a bill to let the attorney general crack down on adult websites who do not age verify users as adults. In the House Commerce Committee, bill sponsor and Jefferson Parish Representative Laurie Schlegel says her bill is a follow-up to a bill passed last year that requires all adult websites to require users to verify they are adults…:
Under the bill, violators could face fines of up to $5-thousand for every day they are non-compliant. New Orleans Representative Candace Newell (new-ELL) was the sole “no” vote on Schlegel’s bill. She is concerned with the bill’s language, though she says she’s all for keeping kids off adult sites…:
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Newell worries the bill, if passed, could render a website intended to offer sex education vulnerable to attack by an overzealous prosecutor. Schlegel says her bill uses the well-regarded Miller Test: a three-point tool used to gauge obscenity, and no legitimate website or public library website has anything to worry about…:
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By a vote of 15-to-1, the measure moves forward to the House floor.