Starting today, switchblades are legal to own in Louisiana. The devices have been banned for decades. If it comes as a surprise to you, then you’re not alone, it was a surprise to bill sponsor Covington Representative Mark Wright. Wright says he looked into the ban’s background and found it was rooted in a funny bit of hysteria.
Cut 3 (09) “dangerous weapons”
The Louisiana Department of Education is removing 4,500 children from a waiting list seeking to enroll into a child child care program. Executive Director of the Early Childhood operations, Lisa Brochard, says 39-million dollars in federal one-time money will pay for kids from low-income families to attend a child care center, but there’s still a lot more children on the list
The state’s number one ranked high school receiver for the class of 2019, Trey Palmer, has verbally committed to LSU. 24/7 Sports recruiting analyst Shea Dixon says the Kentwood wide out is a big get for the Tigers as he also considered Alabama. Dixon says LSU reeling in Palmer could cause a domino effect for other high profile Louisiana recruits…
Congressional auditors say about 30 million people will have to fork over more money to cover their 2018 taxes next year because employers withheld too little from their paychecks. Member of the Louisiana CPA Society, Bill Potter, says one of the changes made in the tax act is, there is no longer a dependency exemption following the tax reform plan put into place by President Trump.