Robert Gilliam of Minden and Wade Williams and Chris Mudd of Shreveport-Bossier have been identified as the three victims of a plane crash in Jackson Parish yesterday. Alexandria Senator Jay Luneau knew Mudd and says he was a mental health advocate who pushed for smart spending at the Capitol.
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The plane, a single-engine Cessna, crashed in Jackson Parish, was flying to Shreveport from Jackson, Mississippi.
Concerns over lessening demand and uncertainty involving the Wuhan Coronavirus are likely to keep oil prices low, and volatile for the near future according to the LSU Center for Energy Studies.Executive Director David Dismukes says until the world finds out just how severe the Wuhan Coronavirus is, prices will remain in flux, but trending downward.
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A gallon of gas in Louisiana averages $2.13
The Edwards administration’s budget proposal for the fiscal year that begins on July 1st calls for a 128-million dollar increase in general fund spending. The increase in funding will also cover pay raises for judges and prosecutors and sheriffs will get more money to house state inmates. However, Commissioner of Administration Jay Dardenne says health care will see less funding and other agencies will also see reductions…
Lawmakers will spend the next few months combing through the budget and they are expected to approve a spending plan by June 1st.
Docville Farm in St. Bernard Parish is the home for the third annual Cook-off for the Coast on Saturday. National Wildlife Federation’s Vanishing Paradise spokesperson Erin Willhoft says funds raised from sponsors and cooking teams’ fees are going toward coastal restoration.
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More details can be found at coastcookoff.com.