Starting today, if you’re driving, keep your hands off your cell phone. That’s because handling your cell phone while driving is now illegal in Louisiana. This is something that Triple-A Louisiana has been recommending. Don Redman with Triple-A says while it’s already illegal to be texting while driving in Louisiana but that law was unenforceable, and people were doing many other crazy things with their phones.
If you were registered as an Independent, your party affiliation is automatically changing to “No Party”. That’s the result of a new law that went into effect today. John Couvillon with JMC Analytics and Polling says lawmakers eliminated the Independent Party, so they could vote in the upcoming party primaries.
The LSU Veterinary School has seen an increase in Mississippi kites with bullet fragments. Jeff Palermo has the story.
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The Louisiana Department of Health is warning of the growing presence of Vibrio vulnificus. These bacteria live in coastal waters but not freshwater. It can cause illness or death through contact with an open wound or through consumption of raw seafood, especially oysters. State epidemiologist Teresa Sokol says the danger becomes greater when the water gets warm.