Many are demanding answers after a forced power outage on Sunday left more than 100-thousand customers without power in the New Orleans area for several hours, including on the Northshore. Two nuclear power plants in the area were offline, one because of the maintenance and another north of Baton Rouge unexpectedly tripped. A Louisiana Public Service Commissioner says other factors may have also come into play…
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Louisiana lawmakers return today after taking a few days off for the Memorial Day holiday. Today, the Senate will take up Representative Troy Hebert’s bill that would codify a rule put in place last year that allows employers to report a job applicant collecting unemployment who fails to show up for a job interview. Hebert is a Republican from Lafayette and says employers getting ghosted by their applicants has become more prevalent.
Alexandria Senator Jay Luneau has a bill that prohibits the use of credit scores when factoring insurance rates…
Luneau’s bill has already been approved by the Senate and will go before House Insurance tomorrow.