The Senate has a lot to tackle Sunday, with critical decisions needed on a series of sales tax and budget bills. Don Molino has the story.
It was a warmer than normal May and June is picking up right where May left off. State Climatologist Barry Keim says last month was one of the hottest May’s on record….
Keim says For this weekend, rain chances are higher on Sunday than Saturday.
Governor Edwards signed River Ridge Representative Kirk Talbot’s nursing home camera bill, as it breezed through the legislature. The law allows families to place remotely accessible cameras in their loved ones nursing home rooms for monitoring. Talbot says before you rush to grab that grandma cam, you need to talk to their roommate.
Talbot says the cameras these days aren’t too pricey, but he does warn you’ll have to buy a cellular data plan because you can’t hook it up to the nursing homes Wi-Fi. The legislation was inspired by a nursing home incident where a family suspected that the staff was physically abusing their relative.
And a Winnfield family came home to a heck of a surprise, finding a giant black bear wandering their back yard with no apparent way out. Authorities believe the bear wandered into a tree and while climbing around got stuck in the fenced in yard. The bear was finally tranquilized after a few hours and safety removed.