Two days into office and the Biden Administration is following through on campaign promises to roll back American oil production via executive action. Louisiana Oil and Gas Association interim president Mike Moncla says the industry is not happy…
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Biden says these steps are crucial to reducing the nation’s carbon output and limiting catastrophic levels of global temperature increases.
A man once convicted of murder and currently in prison is on the ballot for the 5th Congressional District special election race. Errol Victor Sr. remains in prison awaiting a retrial because of last year’s Supreme Court decision declaring non-unanimous convictions unconstitutional. ULM Political Science Professor Joshua Stockley…
Crawfish harvests have been slow to start the year with pond temperatures still pretty cool but the season looks set to pick up steam shortly. Despite demand that will likely be lower than a non-pandemic season LSU Ag Center Crawfish Specialist Mark Shirley says temperature forecasts indicate a great harvest is awaiting us once we hit peak season in March and April.
Shreveport Mayor Adrian Perkins joins 33 other mayors in calling on President Biden to support sending Americans recurring checks through the end of the pandemic. Perkins says the US economy already didn’t work for half of all Americans and the pandemic has just exacerbated that, and this is a way to help folks out while stimulating the economy.
The group, which purchased a full-page ad in the Washington Post touting the idea, does not back a specific dollar amount for the checks.