At the Capitol today, the House Transportation Committee will consider a bill to ban using a handheld cell phone while driving. Kevin Gallagher reports…:
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Vice President Kamala Harris is visiting Sunset today, promoting the $30-million grant for high-speed internet in Acadiana. Brooke Thorington hare more
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The Southern University Law Center has 50 of its best and brightest in the nation’s capital to witness history. David Grubb has more…
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A House committee, will once again this year, consider a bill to enact a complete ban on using a handheld cellphone while behind the wheel. Breaux Bridge Republican Representative Mike Huval is the sponsor, and says it would apply to making HANDHELD calls only…:
Cut 4 (12) “…the car system.”
Huval’s bill expands on the existing ban on using a handheld cellphone in a school zone to include ANY public highway. Fines would bet set at $100 maximum for a first offense; $300 for a second. Offenders could opt for community service. Further offenses could mean license suspension. Huval says all that can be avoided by just learning to use Bluetooth technology…:
Cut 5 (05) “…a lot easier and safer.”
Huval is bringing the bill again this year after it failed final passage by a very slim margin last year…:
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Huval’s bill is before the state House Transportation Committee today.
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Vice President Kamala Harris is expected in the Bayou State today to highlight the allocation of federal dollars to expand rural broadband access. Harris will be in Sunset announcing a $30-million grant for high-speed internet in Acadiana. New Orleans Congressman Troy Carter says limited access to broadband discourages business investors…
Cut 7 (11) “…a necessity.”
Carter who also served the state legislature worked on legislation to expand broadband access in the state, and now as a Congressman, says he’s very excited about how the infrastructure bill will impact even more individuals.
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Carter will accompany VP Harris on her flight to south Louisiana today. Carter says he’ll use the time to discuss resources to help small businesses and restaurants recover from the pandemic and natural disasters…
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Fifty students from the Southern University Law Center made the trip to Washington DC to watch the start of Senate Confirmation hearings for Supreme Court Nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson. Jackson would be the first Black woman to join the nation’s highest court, and third-year law-student Quiana-Joy (Key-ana) Ochiagha (Oh-chi-aga) is ready to witness history.
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Ochiagha, who will graduate this May, believes a needed perspective has been missing from the justice system for too long, with Black women making up less than two percent of federal judges in U-S history. She sees Jackson’s potential confirmation as a starting point for greater inclusion moving forward.
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The students made the trip knowing they might not have the opportunity to meet Judge Jackson, but Christopher Jordan is honored to be able to lend his support in any way that he can, even if it is from a distance.
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The new Metamor institute at the LSU Pennington Biomedical which seeks to treat obesity and diabetes is now open. Director of Metamor Dr. Philip Schauer says the institute provides counseling, surgery, and medication to help solve one of the nation’s biggest health crises…
Cut 13 (10) “…that is obesity.”
The institute will also conduct studies and research on the Pennington campus in order to further the understanding of obesity and provide better treatments. 9% of the United States population are considered severely obese and Schauer says that if this were to go untreated it would result in further medical complications…
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While patients usually get into the center through referrals from physicians they can also get there directly. Schauer says one of the major challenges is insurance coverage…
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More information about the types and services can be found at metamorinstitute.org
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The LSU women’s basketball team can earn its first trip to the Sweet 16 with a win tonight versus Ohio State in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. The Buckeyes are 24-and-6 and as Coach Kim Mulkey points out, O-S-U won a share of the Big 10 regular season conference championship….
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Jacy Sheldon is Ohio State’s leading scorer. The five-foot-ten junior guard is averaging 20 points a game and had 25 points in Saturday’s win over Missouri State. LSU guard Ryann Payne on defending Sheldon…
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Mulkey says defending the three is a key for tonight…
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The LSU baseball team rallied back from a 6-2 deficit in the 5th inning to beat Texas A-and-M seven to six yesterday to salvage the final game of the first SEC series of the year. After Ma’Khail Hilliard gave up five runs in four innings, the Tigers got great work from their bullpen and Dylan Crews drove in the game-winning run in the eighth inning. Coach Jay Johnson on his first SEC win…
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LSU dropped the first two games of the series. They lost the SEC opener six to four and were defeated 11 to 7 on Saturday in a game which the Tigers struck out 15 times. LSU also committed two errors in each of the three games. But Johnson liked how his team battled back Sunday…
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