An equal pay for women bill is being proposed as a new report ranks Louisiana 48th in pay disparity. Matt Doyle has the story.
State Police have identified 29-year-old Nahshon Brooks as a suspect in the shooting of an Abbevile Police Officer last night. The officer is in stable condition. Warrants have been issued for attempted first degree murder, carrying a firearm on a convicted felon, and possession of a firearm in a firearm free zone. Authorities are asking for the public’s help in locating him.
The latest report from the Louisiana Survey shows many residents are wrong when it comes to how much they pay in taxes. Director of LSU’s Public Policy Research Lab, Dr. Mike Henderson says when asked about gasoline taxes, the average guess on what we pay in federal and state taxes is 79 cents per gallon when the actual rate is 38.5 cents…
Cut 5 (09) “…the actual rate.”
67% support a five cent per gallon increase, but only 46% support a 20 cent increase.
A father has been arrested on numerous charges after his seven-year daugther was killed in a single vehicle wreck in the Donaldsonville area last night. State Police Trooper Taylor Scrantz says troopers suspected 25-year-old DeVontae Sanders of Donaldsonville was impaired at the time of the crash and L-S-P booked him into the Ascension Parish jail on numerous charges, including vehicular homicide…