Authorities allege a 34-year-old Covington man attempted to run over his girlfriend’s eight year-old son with his pickup truck and eventually rammed his vehicle in a patrol car during a chase. St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Captain Daniel Seuzeneau says Shawn Porrovechio has been charged with attempted murder…
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Seuzeneau says the boy avoided getting hit by the vehicle, but a deputy was injured.

A proposal that sought to put an end to enforcement cameras failed on a 14-1 vote in the House Transportation Committee. Bogalusa Representative Malinda White says eliminating traffice enforcement cameras promotes bad behavior…
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Supporters argued the cameras are not safety, but are a money grab for local municipalities.

A lawsuit has been filed in an effort to save the statue of Confederate General P-G-T Beauregard, which sits at the main entrance to New Orleans City Park. Monument supporter Richard Marksbury’s argument is that the statue is owned by the City Park Improvement Association and not the city…
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New Orleans is in the process of taking down four Confederate-era monuments.

A bill that requires specific training during driver’s education courses on how motorists should behave during a traffic stop received approval from the House Transportation Committee. Plaquemine Representative Chad Brown is the author of the measure…:
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The measure now heads to the full House.