Several new state laws go into effect on this first day of 2019. Serious felony crimes committed now require an unanimous jury verdict for a conviction, instead of 10 of 12 jurors. Families can install video cameras in nursing home rooms to keep an eye on loved ones and boat registration fees are nine dollars higher.

State Representative Chad Brown wants to make sure Louisianans get to keep some of the popular aspects of Obamacare, even if a pending federal court case undoes the law…
Cut 2 (30) “…I’m Matt Doyle.”

The Nature Conservancy would like to see strides made in 2019 to improve oyster harvests, which have taken a hit since the 2010 BP spill. The conservancy’s director of coastal and marine conservation, Seth Blitch, says the decline of oysters in the Gulf has had profound human and ecological impacts…
cut 11 (10) “…crabs and shrimp”
Blitch says the Nature Conservancy would like to see more BP money used to build up oyster reefs along the Gulf Coast.

LSU and UCF will face off today in the Fiesta Bowl. The Golden Band from Tigerland are also in Arizona to perform and support the team. LSU videographer and former band member Steven Miley says in the old days, band members were handed a sheet of paper telling them where to go for each song during their halftime performance, now its all on an app…
cut 5 (11) “..smart phone”