Electricity costs are rising rapidly, says a report from the Pelican Institute for Public Policy and they are proposing a series of recommendations to improve the regulatory framework that they say will help keep energy bills from becoming unaffordable. Director of the Center for Energy at Pelican Institute, Melissa Landry…

Cut 15 (07) “…all Louisiana customers.”

She says to avoid competition, utility companies are incentivized to build more, not to build efficiently.

Legislation that would keep income college athletes receive in revenue sharing agreements with public universities private is heading to the House floor. Author of the legislation Lafayette Representative Tehmi Chassion whose daughter was a college athlete, says for safety reasons, what a student makes from the university should not be made public.

Cut 6 (08) “…targeting my daughter.”

The bill passed out of House Education with no one voting against it but Houma Representative Beryl Amedee concern saying a the bill was broad and expanding confidentiality may cause a loss of transparency.

The Bayou Blueprint, a plan to end cervical cancer by 2035, has been unveiled by LSU Health New Orleans. Associate Director of LSU LCMC Health Cancer Center, Dr. Donna Williams, says there are three pillars: prevention with the HPV vaccine, screening and early detection, and follow-up and treatment…

Cut 12 (15) “…and completely curable.”

Louisiana’s cervical cancer rate is 8.9 in 100,000

Crawfish prices have held steady over the past week with Easter being this Sunday. Laney King, the co-founder of The Crawfish App, says they’re about 75 cents to a dollar more than last Easter and one reason is Easter comes earlier this year. But she says there are other factors.

Cut 9 (08)  “…fishing the ponds.”

She says the lowest prices of the year will be around Mother’s Day weekend.