New, more specific child passenger safety laws will soon take effect. Matt Doyle has details from the Louisiana Highway Safety Commission…
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At this hour, Governor John Bel Edwards is holding a bill signing ceremony for House Bill 578 which will use about 700-million dollars from the BP oil spill settlement for several critical transportation infrastructure projects, like improving Highway 1 along the cost and an I-49 connector in Caddo parish.

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.
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Based on a survey of two-thousand moms, Alarm-dot-com says the best age for a child’s first cellphone is 12-years-old. Alarm-dot-com vice president Anne Ferguson says most children at that age are mature enough to handle the responsbility, but parents will still need to monitor what their kids are doing on their phone…
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