The political news website Politico reports that Governor Bobby Jindal is still not polling high enough to be included in the first Republican presidential debate. They are basing their prediction on a recent Washington Post/ABC poll where Jindal received just two-percent of the vote. LaPolitics-dot-com Publisher Jeremy Alford says this does not bode well for the governor…

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Fox News will host the first debate on August 6th and only the top 10 contenders based on an average of recent polls will be invited.

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, speed accounted for at least 27 percent of traffic deaths, killing 193, in Louisiana in 2013. State Police Sgt. Nick Manale says the faster the vehicle is going, the less reaction time the driver has.

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Data found that young male drivers out of all age groups were most likely to be speeding at the time of fatal crashes.

A spokesperson for the Louisiana National Guard says they are still putting a policy in place so they can follow Governor Bobby Jindal’s executive order that allows guardsmen to be armed at military facilities. Colonel Pete Schneider says as part of their planning, they are determining which officers should be issued a government weapon for security purposes while on national guard property…

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Jindal issued the executive order last Friday after a gunman fatally shot four Marines and a sailor at two military centers in Chattanooga, Tennessee.