High school principals have voted for select and non-select playoffs in basketball, baseball and softball, just like what’s already in place for football. Many Principal Norman Booker says the split needs to be expanded, because private schools have an advantage in how they can enroll their students:
CUT 12 (08) “20 years”
60-percent of the principals at the LHSAA convention voted for the expanded split, which goes into effect for the 2016-17 school year.

Former Louisiana Attorney General Charles Ieyoub is back in state government. Governor John Bel Edwards has appointed Ieyoub as the state’s Commissioner of Conservation. He’s in charge of conserving and regulating oil, gas and lignite resources in the state. Ieyoub served as A-G from 1992 to 2004.

Carnival season has arrived across Louisiana and the Louisiana Highway Safety Commission says expect to see more officers looking for drunk drivers. It’s part of the Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over Campaign. L-H-S-C executive director Lt. Colonel John Leblanc says don’t get behind the wheel if you have been drinking…
cut 7 (08) “…enjoy yourself”
Last year, there were nearly 600 fatal and injury crashes and 10 fatalities in the five days leading up to Fat Tuesday.

The deadline to enroll for health insurance through the Affordable Care Act is this Sunday. Healthcare-dot-gov CEO Kevin Counihan says over 200,000 Louisianians have already signed up for coverage through the federal insurance marketplace. He says financial assistance through healthcare-dot-gov can really help in making insurance more affordable…:
CUT 4 (07) “financial assistance”
Counihan says if you don’t have health insurance in 2016, you could face a penalty of up to 695-dollars.