State representative Mike Johnson from Bossier City is expected to formally announce he’s running for US Representative in Louisiana’s fourth congressional district. Political analyst Elliot Stonecipher says several people are expected to get in this race and it will all come down to money…
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Republican Trey Baucum, a Shreveport cardiologist announced his candidacy last week.

The lenten season begins today and it’s a busy time of the year for the seafood industry. Crawfish fisherman Sherbin Collette of Henderson says the mudbugs coming out of the Atchafalya Basin are outstanding this year, because the conditions have been just right to produce quality and quantity…
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Collette says high waters flushed out many swamps that have not been fished in years.

Louisiana’s budget situation could get even worse when the revenue estimating conference meets at the state capitol today. The state is already looking at a 750-million dollar shortfall for this fiscal year and a 1-point-nine billion dollar deficit next year and the shortfalls could grow because less than anticipated revenues are coming into the state’s coffers.

Lafayette Congressman Charles Boustany files legislation that looks to block President Barack Obama’s proposed 10-dollar tax on a barrel of oil to help fund a new 21st century clean transportation system. Boustany says it’s not right that the president is trying to fund his environmental agenda on the backs of hard-working Louisiana families in the oil & gas sector…
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Both of Louisiana’s Republcian US Senators say the President’s oil tax has no chance of passing.