Since the Louisiana Legislature can not mandate lower homeowners insurance rates, how can they lower premiums. Jeanne Burns has more…
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Tomorrow is the first day of spring, but we are not done with winter. Most of the northern half of the state is under a freeze watch from midnight to 9 AM tomorrow. Temperatures will get below freezing for cities like Monroe, Shreveport, Winnsboro and Jena.

Beginning today the Louisiana Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control will resume the enforcement of state laws concerning the marketing and sale of vapor products. ATC Commissioner Ernest Legier says even though the law restricting the sale of products not registered with the state’s VAPE directory is being challenged in court…
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If a VAPE product does not receive FDA approval it will be taken off the shelves and the store trying to sell unregistered products will be fined.

New speed limit signs on the I-10 Atchafalaya Basin Bridge begin to go up today. The work will take place at night and it will lead to lane closures. Director of the Louisiana Motor Transport Association Renee Amar is glad to see the speed limit for truckers will now be the same as vehicles, 60-miles per hour. She says it will lead to safer driving and where the signs are posted is also important…
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DOTD work crews will also be installing radar guns that will be informing motorists of their speed.