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Monday, June 16th, 2025
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Good morning, Slidell. Here's your local news at a glance for Monday, the 16th of June.
BUSINESS NEWS
- ➤ NFIB State Director Leah Long praised lawmakers for passing bills that cut insurance cost limits, change injury assumptions, and set new rules for recovering medical costs + reorganize workforce development under the new Louisiana Works agency. Lawmakers also defeated a bill that would have imposed additional security mandates on small retailers. Louisiana Radio Network
- ➤ Cleco told Louisiana regulators it had begun its search for a buyer and expects responses to its proposal request within six months. The utility, which serves nearly 300,000 customers, has long been expected to sell and now faces pressure to keep its Pineville headquarters open—officials said preserving 1,200 local jobs is a key priority—. The Times-Picayune
CRIME NEWS
- ➤ A woman was struck and killed on June 14 near the intersection of North I-10 Service Road+Bundy Road when a white 2011 Infinity vehicle allegedly fled the scene without stopping. WGNO
GOVERNMENT NEWS
- ➤ Today the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development opened Segment 2 of LA 3241—an 8-mile, four-lane highway connecting Talisheek to LA 36 near Hickory Creek. The $63 million project is part of a 20-mile corridor that will cut the drive from Bogalusa to I-12 to about 30 miles—once Segment 1 is built. AN17
- ➤ Officials from the Regional Planning Commission are studying whether reducing Front Street from four lanes to three can slow traffic and bring back its small town feel. Local planners and business owners at a meeting at the Slidell Municipal Auditorium discussed proposals that add a median and turn lanes—while keeping the road part of the Carnival parade route—but said final plans and cost estimates are still pending. The Times-Picayune
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