Louisiana Good Roads and Transportation Association says a new survey is out that puts Louisiana as having the ninth worst overall transportation infrastrucutre in the country. Association president Ken Perret points to a 14-billion dollar backlog in transportation projects and that will not go away until the state raises its gasoline tax…
cut 11 (12) “…loss of lives”
Louisiana’s 20-cent a gallon gasoline tax has not been adjusted in 30 years.

A new gasoline tax goes into effect today in Arkansas as the gas tax in the Natural State will rise by three-cents to 24.5 cents a gallon and diesel fuel goes up an additional six-cents. It’s the first change in Arkansas fuel taxes in 20 years and it’s expected to generate an additional 95-million dollars.

Hundreds of workers have learned they will soon be without a job. Bayou Steel in LaPlace has announced its closing, resulting in layoff notices for 376 employees. St John Parish President Natalie Robottom says the closure comes as a shock…
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The Louisiana Workforce Commission says they’ve deployed a mobile unit at the local American Job Center Office in LaPlace to provide re-employment assistance.

Ouachita Parish sheriff deputies are looking for a missing five-year-old black Labrador Retriever by the name of “Ace.” Chief Deputy Marc Mashaw says they suspect 44-year-old Lester Langley of Monroe sold the dog after he was paid by Ace’s owners to train the lab for duck hunting…
cut 15 (10) “…locate it”
Langley hs been charged with one count of felony theft.