Today NASA unveils the latest look at the spacecraft hoping to put man back on the moon in 2024. Kevin Barnhart has the story.
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New, more specific child passenger safety laws will soon take effect. Matt Doyle got the details from the Louisiana Highway Safety Commission…
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The US Supreme Court shoots down an effort to ask 2020 census respondents whether or not they are American citizens. Matt Doyle spoke with a Congressman about the decision…
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NASA aims to put boots on the moon in 2024 and the latest glimpse of the rocket core stage for the Artemis moon mission is being unveiled today at the NASA Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans. Facility director Robert Champion says all of the engines have been received to be put into place for the spacecraft.
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All manned crafts used in space flights in the history of NASA have gone through the facility. Champion says the facility supports more than 5000 jobs between Louisiana and Mississippi and those that are working on the project are over the moon to be a part of space history.
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Champion says the spacecraft is the world’s largest rocket, and upon completion will have to be transported to a testing facility, and then Cape Canaveral via a barge built just for the occasion.
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New child passenger safety laws go into effect in Louisiana August 1st, when kids under 13 must ride in the back seat and more child safety seat and restraint laws will be enforced.
Louisiana Highway Safety Commission Executive Director Lisa Freeman.
…At which point they must transition to a forward-facing seat. Once they turn four, and outgrown the forward-facing seat, they must transition to a booster seat. When the child turns 9 or outgrows the booster seat, they can sit in the back seat, with proper restraint.
Freeman says previously the codified laws for child safety in cars were not as specific, and the new suite of requirements will make Louisiana the envy of child safety advocates across the nation.
Freeman says the policy may not go into effect for another month, but she recommends new parents check out the requirements online and start practicing them now, like the best parents already do.
Visit Louisianahighwaysafety.org for a rundown on the new laws.
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The US Supreme Court has rejected a Trump Administration bid to include a question about citizenship status on the 2020 census.
Congressman Garret Graves says the decision could result in further reductions in Louisiana Congressional representation as states with growing undocumented immigrant populations continue to gain seats.
The citizenship question has not been featured on the standard short form census since 1950, per NPR.
Graves says he’s concerned that continuing to count illegal immigrants in the census will reduce the amount of federal assistance for American citizens.
Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the majority opinion, saying the administration’s reasoning for adding the question “appeared to be contrived”.
Opponents of the question say it would dissuade immigrant households from filling out the form, resulting in the underrepresentation of Hispanics, and lower federal aid for states with those populations, but Graves says the citizenship question should be the first one asked…
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New research indicates the best age for a child’s first cellphone is 12. The finding is based on the input of 2,000 moms. Alarm.com commissioned the study, and VP of the website Anne Ferguson says the age likely comes because of the timing of maturity changes just before teenage years.
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Ferguson says it is important to lay ground rules for when and how a parent can monitor device usage.
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Ferguson says monitoring a child’s usage can be done via apps. Also, look to other parents for ideas on how to keep tabs on kids.
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LSU basketball coach Will Wade likes what he sees from his three incoming freshman during offseason workouts. The group is highlighted by five-star power forward Trendon Watford from Alabama, who Wade calls a hard worker…
The other two freshmen are guards, James Bishop from Baltimore and Charles Manning from Fort Myers Florida. Wade says Manning is a tremendous defender…
This year the three-point line in college basketball is moving back to the international distance of 22 feet and one and three-quarters inches. Wade says initially he expects a drop in the number of made three-point baskets…