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Thursday, September 02, 2010
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Governor Bobby Jindal has signed the so-called "speed trap bill"
into law. Fines for speeding tickets written on interstates by local
authorities--when the speeding is less than ten miles over the
limit--will go to a state police fund instead of local
jurisdictions. Joe Pitre, the mayor of the town of Washington, is
one of several mayors who asked the governor to veto this. He says
they're researching its constitutionality now.
The bill's author, Ruston Representative Hollis Downs, notes that
Washington is one of the towns named in a Legislative Auditor's
report as making over half its annual revenue from speeding fines.
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Posted on Friday, July 03, 2009 9:29 AM
(Archive on Thursday, July 09, 2009 11:00 PM) Reads: 45
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Louisiana Awarded With $170 Million Education Grant
 The U.S. Department of Education awards a 170-million-dollar grant to a consortium of 26 states, including Louisiana, to develop new common assessments for public school students.
Thursday, September 02, 2010 9:33 PM
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DOTD Issues Labor Day Travel Advisory
 The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) today advised drivers of upcoming work schedules for interstate and major road projects throughout Louisiana for the Labor Day weekend (Saturday, September 4, through Monday, September 6).
Thursday, September 02, 2010 9:28 PM
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One Dead In Early Morning Shooting
 Baton Rouge police report that officers responded to a shooting about 3:30 Thursday morning in the 1500 block of North Marque Ann Drive where they found a black male lying in a parking lot who had been shot.
Thursday, September 02, 2010 7:55 PM
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