The National Federation of Independent Business has two goals for the upcoming legislative session; lawsuit reform and sales tax collection simplification. The omnibus “tort” reform bill this year would push the jury trial threshold for lawsuits from 50,000 dollars to 15,000 dollars. NFIB State Director Dawn Starns says not passing this is not an option.
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71 percent of state NFIB members surveyed support dropping the threshold to 15,000 dollars.
Governor John Bel Edwards says rural communities are in a crisis and that’s why he created the Governor’s Advisory Council on Rural Revitalization. Edwards says many rural towns struggle with poverty, lack of adequate access to healthcare and education, so this council will help identify innovate solutions
A Holden teen is dead and four others badly hurt following a crash on US Highway 190 in Livingston Parish early Sunday morning. State Police Trooper Taylor Scrantz says it was raining when the crash occurred and due to the severity of the wreck, investigators are not sure who was driving in order to perform a toxicology report.
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Scrantz says 16-year-old Nathan Raymond, who died at the scene, was not buckled up. Raymond played basketball for Holden High School. The other four passengers were transported to local hospitals with serious injuries.
28-year-old Cameron Harville of Natchitoches died after striking a home along LA highway 494 and being ejected from his car. State Police Trooper Casey Wallace says there’s no guarantee that Harville would’ve survived the crash if he was buckled up, but his odds would have been a lot better.