The Advocate: Push to ban new Louisiana highway billboards crushed in House committee
A bid to put a moratorium on new highway billboards, in part because of anger over anti-trucker ads sponsored by trial lawyers, was killed Tuesday in the House Transportation Committee. The vote to shelve the measure passed 14-3 amid heavy opposition from Lamar Advertising Co., an international firm based in Baton Rouge with an annual payroll of $35 million. […]
Wed, Apr 17, 2019 at 7:20 PM