Legislation that would give St. Tammany Parish voters an opportunity to approve a riverboat casino in Slidell receives final legislative passage after the Senate approved the bill on a 23-14 vote. Jim Shannon has more…
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A bill to allow social media users to sue companies like Twitter and Facebook if their posts are censored for religious or political views is dead for the legislative session. Brooke Thorington explains.
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A bill that would have banned drivers from handling their cell phones while behind the wheel failed by one vote in the Senate. The House-approved measure needed 20 votes to pass the upper chamber, but it received 19. Bossier City Senator Barrow Peacock says the legislation is too much of an infringement on personal freedoms
Franklin Senator Bret Allain also looks at this bill as the government interfering with a person’s life…
Covington Senator Patrick McMath spoke in favor of the bill during the Senate debate. McMath says this measure would cut down on distracted driving, which leads to numerous accidents including a recent one involving senator Fred Mills., but Allain was not buying his argument..
Breaux Bridge Representative Mike Huval has been trying to get this legislation passed for years. His proposal would allow a driver to talk on the phone through Bluetooth or an earpiece, but you can not handle the phone.
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Governor John Bel Edwards and Canadian-based Canfor Corporation announce a new 160 million dollar lumber mill will be built in Beauregard Parish near DeRidder. Economic Development Secretary Don Pierson says the mill is expected to create 130 new direct jobs with an average salary of nearly 60-thousand dollars and also 386 new indirect jobs…
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Canfor will locate the facility at the Beauregard Regional Airport and start-up is expected to begin late in the third quarter of next year. Pierson says the availability of roads and waterways to supply the product helped Beauregard parish secure the contract…
LED says the state also offered a competitive incentive package that included a performance-based grant of one-point-five million dollars.
The sawmill project will process yellow pine from Louisiana forests with the manufacturing capacity to produce a variety of wood products. Pierson says the location will help pulp and paper production companies in the area…
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A bill to allow social media users in the state to sue platforms like Twitter and Facebook if they are blocked for political or religious speech is dead for this legislative session after the proposal failed to receive a hearing in the House. Republican Monroe Senator Jay Morris is disappointed and believes social media has too much power.
The bill passed unanimously in the Senate and Morris requested the bill be heard in the House Civil Law Committee and was shocked when it was not placed on the calendar. He then went to the Speaker and the bill was transferred to House Commerce.
Morris says he believes the bill was deliberately kept from being heard and that social media platforms have a chokehold on the flow of information in our country.
The session ends on Thursday, so there’s not enough time for the bill to have a hearing which effectively kills the bill.
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LSU took down Oregon in the Eugene Regional and will now battle it out with Tennessee in Knoxville in the Super Regionals. Gavin Dugas (D00-ghas) was named Regional MVP after helping the Tigers win four straight elimination games to advance.
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As LSU keeps winning, coach Paul Mainieri will remain in the dugout until the season ends. Dugas (Doo-ghas) says Mainieri’s retirement announcement gave the team extra motivation.
LSU pitcher Landon Marceaux is used to his role as the team’s Friday night starter but he pitched in relief for the Tigers on Monday and recorded the final outs of the game. Marceaux says it was easy knowing his team believed in him.