This week, Governor Jeff Landry appointed Bryan Adams as the new leader for the Office of Motor Vehicles following Commissioner Dan Casey’s resignation. OMV is suffering from system outages due to outdated technology. Adams was serving as the State Fire Marshal and he’s optimistic OMV customers will start to see improvements as early as next week…
Cut 4 (10) “…citizens of Louisiana.”
The current mainframe system is 50 years old and it keeps crashing,
It is Distracted Driving Awareness Mont. Department of Transportation Secretary Joe Donahue says preliminary data from 2024 shows that distracted driving crashes led to 180 fatalities and 1,295 serious injuries in Louisiana…
Cell phones are believed to be a major contributor to distracted or inattentive crashes.
The rejection of Constitutional Amendment 2 in last Saturday’s election could result in a decrease in teacher pay, if state lawmakers cannot find 200-million dollars in revenues to make sure they continue to receive a two-thousand dollar stipend. Randal Gaines, the chairman of the Louisiana Democratic Party, says he’s calling for a permanent pay raise for teachers with no strings attached.
We’ll see if the state legislature can find the money to keep teacher pay at its current level. A fiscal session begins April 14th.
What a performance by sophomore left-hander Kade Anderson last night! The Tigers ace struck out 14 hitters as LSU shutout Oklahoma two to nothing. Anderson threw 135 pitches in the complete game shutout.