Today marks the beginning of the 2024 legislative session. A bill filed by one Louisiana lawmaker would require automated speed enforcement devices, to take a picture of the speeding driver not just the license plate to impose penalties. Marksville Representative Daryl Deshotel says the companies that set up and operate the devices contract with municipalities but keep the greater portion of the fines collected.
Cut 12 (11) “…they’re doing it.”
Among the bills filed for the legislative session, which begins next Monday, would add the exceptions of rape and incest to the state’s abortion ban. New Orleans Democrat Representative Delisha Boyd is the bill’s author. She expects pushback from the Republican-controlled legislature again, but she continues to fight to have exceptions to one of the strictest abortion bans in the country.
The proposed law also adds provisions that a police report, forensic evidence, and prosecution of the alleged offense are not required.
A bench-clearing scuffle towards the end of yesterday’s SEC Championship game left LSU with just five players in a 79-72 loss to top-ranked South Carolina. It was a very physical game and there was a lot of jawing throughout. Coach Kim Mulkey believes the referees let the game get out of hand….
Both benches emptied after Flau’Jae Johnson intentionally fouled a South Carolina player with two minutes left. Carolina star Kamilla Cardoso shoved Johnson to the ground, which prompted Johnson’s brother to leave the stands and come on the court during a wild scene. Mulkey says Cardosa should pick on someone her own size…
LSU AgCenter Entomologist Aaron Ashbrook says it doesn’t look like the phenomenon of two broods of periodical cicadas will happen in the Bayou State this year. He says the outlook isn’t as promising this year because logging in the area disturbed their habitat.