The fine for texting or posting on Facebook while driving would go from $175 to $500 under a bill set to be heard in the Senate Transportation Committee today. State Police Sgt. Nick Manale says this is a huge problem in Louisiana…:
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A House Committee will hear a measure today to double the fines for not wearing a seat belt.

A federal court has approved a $20 billion dollar settlement that was announced last year in the 2010 BP oil spill. Coastal marshes were damaged by the oil in Louisiana, and the decision clears the way for the state receive restoration funding. Associate Director of the Tulane Energy Institute, Eric Smith, says the settlement isn’t even close to what BP has actually paid…:
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A New Orleans entrepreneur has developed an app which consumers can use to find the best price on seafood in town. Jeff Palermo reports…:
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A Senate committee is set to debate a bill today that would allow pets to be buried with their owners. It’s currently illegal in Louisiana, but Patrick McCausland, president of Heaven’s Pets in Metairie, says a few states have already started allowing this…:
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He says if the measure passes, cemeteries would have the option to allow this, not forced.