Author Archives: Jeff Palermo
Alcohol delivery bill on it's way to the House floor
The House will consider whether or not delivery services should be allowed to bring low alcohol content booze with their food to your front door. Shreveport Representative Thomas Carmody says his legi...
Apr 26, 2019 Ryan McFarland / CC
Who Dat Nation Highway proposal changed and now just calls for three signs to recognize Who Dats
A New Orleans Senator's bill to rename the I-10 the "Who Dat Nation Highway" has it's ambitions significantly reduced after lawmakers discover the stretch of road has already been dedicated to veteran...
Apr 26, 2019
LSU Board of Supervisors to vote on contracts for Scott Woodward and Will Wade on Friday
The LSU Board of Supervisors is set to vote on the contracts of two major figures in the school's athletics. The first is that of the new Athletic Director Scott Woodward. Tiger Rag Editor James Moran...
Apr 25, 2019
Governor Edwards declares state of emergency for north Louisiana tornado
Governor John Bel Edwards has declared a state of emergency as the cleanup continues from Thursday's morning deadly twister that killed two people in Lincoln Parish. Edwards has viewed the damage in R...
Apr 25, 2019
Amendment to raise minimum wage advances to Senate floor
Following a 5-1 vote, a constitutional amendment that aims to raise the minimum wage in Louisiana to $9 an hour on July 1st, 2020, is headed to the Senate floor, where the effort died last year. New O...
Apr 25, 2019 Pictures of Money / CC
LA Tech campus takes big hit from deadly Ruston tornado
While power is out across half of Ruston, the Louisiana Tech campus is also recovering from significant damage suffered from a tornado that ripped through the area around two this morning. Tech Presid...
Apr 25, 2019
Powerful tornado kills two in Ruston
Two people are dead, a mother and her son, from a powerful tornado that swept through Ruston in the early morning hours. Chief Deputy with the Lincoln Parish Sheriff's office, Stephen Williams, says t...
Apr 25, 2019
Industrial hemp heads to the House
Industrial hemp legalization is on it's way to the House after unanimously passing in the House Agriculture Committee. Gonzales Representative Clay Shexnayder says it's a highly profitable, and renewa...
Apr 25, 2019 storebukkebruse / CC
LSU AgCenters to begin new cannabis research involving fish
The LSU AgCenter will begin studying to effects of cannabis based compounds on epileptic seizures, using the common zebrafish as a lab rat. AgCenter researcher Chris Green developed the "zebrafish mod...
Apr 25, 2019 NICHD / CC
House Health and Welfare committee approves legislation to increase the legal age to smoke from 18 to 21-years-old
The House Health and Welfare committee approves legislation to increase the legal age to smoke from 18 to 21-years-old. West Monroe Representative Frank Hoffman believes this proposal will result in f...
Apr 24, 2019 Tamaki Sono / CC
