Jim Bernhard, former president of the Shaw Group, says his private equity firm is willing to finance the cost of a new bridge over the Mississippi. But before the billion dollar project could be initiated, Bernhard says access roads and additional infrastructure leading up to the structure will need to be approved, noting he would like to avoid another situation like the Sunshine Bridge.
The project would take about seven years to complete.
The man wanted for the shooting of a Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s deputy over the weekend was captured this morning in New Orleans. There had been a manhunt for 38 year old Tynonne Louis since Sunday when a deputy responded to a disturbance between Louis and his girlfriend, where Louis fled and shot the deputy. Jefferson Parish Sheriff Joe Lopinto.
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According to a report workers and their families in Louisiana are spending the largest share of their income on health care compared to the rest of America. Connor Ferrill has the story.
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The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries has received 12 juvenile whooping cranes at the Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge. LDWF Wildlife Biologist Sara Zimorski says when the project started in 2011, the bird was absent from the state. But they used to be here in large numbers.