It’s a huge political networking event and D-C Mardi Gras is happening this week in our nation’s capital. Events are underway all this week with a dinner dance on Friday and a Mardi Gras Ball on Saturday. But LaPolitics publisher and editor Jeremy Alford says amid all the parties and pageantry, there are big issues and storylines.
Could we be headed for another government shutdown? That could happen – more specifically a partial shutdown – if the Senate fails to give its approval to a House-passed funding package by midnight tomorrow night. LSU Political Science Professor Robert Hogan says the six pending bills were cruising towards passage – but then, something happened last weekend.
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Louisiana trails other Southern states in internships and apprenticeships for high school students. That’s why the Leaders for a Better Louisiana are alerting businesses about a new state tax credit employers can take advantage of if they hire interns or have an apprenticeship program. Better Louisiana Chief Policy Officer Barry Erwin…
A really cool event happens in the Superdome on Saturday night as one-thousand musicians both amateur and professional will gather to play iconic rock songs. It started in Italy in 2015 and Saturday night in the Dome will be their first ever U-S performance. I told you, many of the musicians are amateurs, including ten-year-old George Schafer of Covington…
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Schafer say she’s been playing the guitar since he’s five years old.