Car dealers in Louisiana were bracing for a rough year, however, according to President of the Louisiana Automobile Dealers Association Will Green, it was not as bad as anticipated. Green says dealers adjusting to serve customers in the pandemic made a difference, like offering more incentives and low-interest rates along with improving the digital retail experience of automobiles.
Winnfield Representative Jack McFarland will introduce legislation in next year’s session to raise money to fix state roads and bridges via a gas tax increase. McFarlands’ bill would raise the gas tax ten cents in initially, and two cents per year until 2033, ultimately raising about 300 million dollars. McFarland says he needs the public’s trust.
The state has surpassed one-thousand coronavirus patients in the hospital. It’s the first time in three months that Louisiana hospitals have had this large of a coronavirus patient count. There were nearly one-thousand new coronavirus cases today and 24 more deaths.
The American Farm Bureau Federation says based on its survey the cost of a home-cooked Thanksgiving dinner is about two dollars cheaper this year. Taylor Sharp spoke with Louisiana Farm Bureau Association spokesperson Avery Davidson
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