Analysts say soaring fuel prices could lead to a very rough economy this summer. According to Gas Buddy-dot-com, the current statewide average for regular unleaded gasoline is $3.78 a gallon, with diesel averaging $5.32 a gallon. Petroleum analyst Patrick DeHaan says we likely have not seen the worst of it.
Cut 6 (09) “…prices go higher.”
The Colorado State University hurricane forecast team is predicting a somewhat below-average Atlantic hurricane season for 2026. An average season yields 14 named storms; C-S-U is predicting 13. Researcher Chandler Jenkins says a robust El Nino is the primary factor for its prediction of a baker’s dozen.
The Louisiana House has approved a bill that would eliminate the inspection sticker requirement for most drivers. Instead of an inspection sticker, DeSoto Parish Representative Larry Bagley is proposing a Q-R code sticker that would cost six dollars.
Cut 11 (08) “…ticket for that.”
The Q-R code would contain the VIN, the color, the make and model.
A bill that would give incarcerated people another mechanism to shorten their prison sentences is now just one vote away from landing on Governor Landry’s desk. New Orleans Representative Mandie Landry presented her House Bill 111 to the Senate Judiciary C Committee.
Landry pointed out that current law already gives inmates an opportunity to shorten their sentences by 90 days by earning a bachelor’s degree; her bill would simply add an associates’ degree to that.