Senator Bill Cassidy has yet another challenger for his U.S. Senate seat, as State Representative Julie Emerson has announced her candidacy. The Carencro Republican introduced herself to statewide voters in a four-minute video.
Cut 3 (10) “…the state legislature.”
Emerson’s entrance in the race now gives Cassidy five prominent challengers in the Republican primary, who also include John Fleming, Blake Miguez, Eric Skrmetta and Kathy Seiden.
Brian Kelly is out as head coach of the LSU Tigers. Kelly was fired yesterday after an ugly 45-29 loss to Texas A&M the previous night. Kelly was 34-14 in just under four seasons at LSU, and Tiger Rag Editor Glenn Guilbeau says that apparently wasn’t good enough for school administration.
Louisiana is taking steps to make sure those who rely on food stamps will still receive their SNAP benefits despite the federal government shutdown. The Louisiana House passed a resolution Friday, urging the Louisiana Department of Health to provide SNAP funding in November. State Senate President Cameron Henry says the Senate will take up the same resolution on Wednesday.
There are 792-thousand Louisianians who rely on SNAP benefits to purchase food every month, and the state receives 150-million dollars every month from the USDA to provide the food assistance.
For those of you who collect Social Security, your benefits will increase 2.8-percent next year. That works out to an average of 56 dollars a month. Andrew Muhl, the director of advocacy for AARP Louisiana, says with the price of everything going up, every dollar helps, so this increase will come in very handy.