President Trump returns to Louisiana for the third time in just over a month hoping to boost Republican gubernatorial odds. The President will be in Bossier City tonight. Political analyst Roy Fletcher says the trip may get a few more pro-Trump voters to remember to show up Saturday to the polls.
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A recent Edgewater poll shows an incredibly tight 49-49 race.
Attorney General Jeff Landry says police officers, firefighters, and other first responders are allowed to go to tonight’s Trump rally, despite concerns about the legality of state workers at political rallies. Landry’s response included Louisiana law that states the first responders may not make any contributions at the rally, which means no official merch, but…
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Landry says the concerns about first responder attendance may have been politically motivated.
Lousiana Republican Congressman Mike Johnson calls the public impeachment hearings that seek to remove President Donald Trump from office as great political theater. Johnson has concerns the impeachment proceedings will not be conducted fairly. He says precedent calls for the House Judiciary to consider matters of impeachment, instead House leadership has decided to allow two other committees to conduct impeachment proceedings
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Johnson says the Democrats have been rehearsing this for weeks and the script was written the day he was sworn in…
Four new artificial reef sites are underway in Lake Borgne and the Mississippi Sound. Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries inshore reef biologist Ashley Ferguson Ferguson says the sites are being constructed in an effort to enhance the fish habitat as well as provide an excellent recreational fishing opportunities for inshore anglers.
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