“No Party” voters are allowed to vote in either the Republican or Democratic party primaries, but that might not be the case in the future. There’s a bill that’s close to final legislative passage that will allow each party to decide whether registered “No Party” voters can vote in their primaries. Baton Rouge Senator Regina Barrow opposes the idea…
…but New Iberia Senator Blake Miguez does not.
Cut 13 (07) “…primary system.”
According to Ballotpedia, the Republican Party in 23 states and the Democratic Party in 17 states shut “no party” voters out of their primaries. The current system caused a great deal of confusion at some polling places in the primaries earlier this month.
A bill that would designate Shreveport as the Stuffed Shrimp Capital of Louisiana is one Senate vote away from heading to Governor Landry’s desk. Houma Senator Mike Fesi supports the legislation as long as shrimp from the Gulf is used by restaurants in Shreveport.
Shreveport is also home to the first health organization in north Louisiana to offer a breakthrough liver cancer treatment. It was performed by Dr. Gazi Zibari, the director of the Willis Knighton Advanced Surgery Center. He says it’s a robotic histotripsy (HISS-to-trip-sy), which is a non-thermal, non-invasive ultrasound-based ablative therapy that destroys tissue through focused cavitation.