Qualifying is done and the Congressional races can officially begin. Pearson Cross teaches political science at the University of Louisiana at Monroe and says the race to replace Republican Julia Letlow is wide open as four state lawmakers seek a seat in the U-S House…
The two most notable candidates in the sixth district Congressional district are Republican state senators Blake Miguez and Rick Edmonds and both men are already attacking each other.
The Small Business Administration is encouraging residents and business owners who suffered damage from Tropical Storm Arthur to apply for low-interest disaster loans. SBA spokeswoman Michelle Genovese (jen-oh-VEESE) says four-million dollars in loans have already been approved.
Cut 13 (10) “…helps rebuild communities.”
Genovese says homeowners, renters and businesses in Avoyelles, Lafourche, Pointe Coupee, St. Landry, St. Tammany and Terrebonne parishes may qualify if they suffered storm damage between June 17th and 24th.
A doctor at a New Orleans-area hospital performs a groundbreaking lung cancer procedure. Dr. Wassim Abi Jaoude (zhao-DAY) of East Jefferson General Hospital performed the first single-port robotic lung cancer surgery in the Gulf South on a man from Metairie.
Cut 3 (09) “…only one incision.”
Dr. Abi Jaoude says through this single incision, he’s able to do the exact same thing that he’s able to do with the traditional multiple incisions.
LSU starting quarterback Sam Leavitt spoke with reporters for the first time yesterday since enrolling at LSU last January and the foot injury that ended his season early last year at Arizona State sounds like non-issue…
Cut 17 (17) “…for me”