Legislation banning drivers from holding their cell phones while on the road sails through the Senate and is headed to the House. Covington Senator Patrick McMath says his bill is about public safety, but it would also save everyone in Louisiana money on their car insurance…
Cut 9 (10) “…premiums as well.”__
Opponents have called the restriction too burdensome and vague, but McMath says he has worked hard to clean the bill up…
Cut 10 (10) “…all that stuff.”
And for those concerned about its potential impact on civil liberties he says the bill…
A House Committee, on near-unanimous votes, approves three gun rights bills that will now advance to the House Floor.
One of the bills would allow people to enter churches with concealed handguns if they have a permit. Another bill would largely erase a local jurisdiction’s ability to limit where guns can be carried, overturning local ordinances and restricting those limitations to state government. The final piece of legislation would limit the Governor and other state official’s ability to regulate the sale of guns and ammo under a state of emergency.
Lawmakers congratulated Louisiana Workforce Commission Executive Director Ava Dejoie on her department’s deft handling of record-breaking numbers of unemployment insurance claims. Alexandria Representative Ed Larvadain says…
And Haughton Representative Dodie Horton thanked LWC for agreeing to implement work search requirements in the coming weeks…