The House Transportation Committee has approved a bill that will repeal the state’s mandatory motorcycle helmet law. Hornbeck Representative Rodney Shamerhorn believes motorcycle riders should have the choice to go helmetless, even if it results in a few more traffic deaths. Monroe Representative Pat Moore voted against the measure…
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The bill heads to the full House for more debate.

The McNeese Cowboys are going dancing as they are headed to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2002. The Bayou Bandits received an invite to the Big Dance by beating Nicholls 92-76 in the Southland Tournament Championship game. A happy Coach Will Wade spoke after his team cut down the nets at the Legacy Center…
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Wade turned around a losing program in just one season. Yesterday’s win over the Colonels improved McNeese’s record to 30-3. They’ll find out their NCAA Tournament destination on Sunday.

Starting Monday, state Department of Transportation work crews will begin installing new speed cameras on the I-10 Atchafalaya Basin Bridge to inform motorists of their speed. DOTD spokesperson Rodney Mallett says the cameras will not issue tickets, but they hope informing motorists of the speed will stop dangerous weaving through traffic…
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Also, the speed limit for trucks will go from 55 to 60-miles per hour to match the same speed limit for cars. Trucks will remain restricted to the right lane.

Covington Senator Patrick McMath wants to rename a portion of the Highway 11 Bridge in St. Tammany after Jimmy Buffet and call a section of that highway the Jimmy Buffet Changes in Lattitude Memorial Crossing. McMath says the musician loved Louisiana
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Buffet passed away last September.