Attorney General Jeff Landry is defending the 7-6 vote of the Bond Commission to exclude Citibank and Bank of America as part of a $600 million road financing plan in the state. Both were omitted from the financial plan after placing gun control regulations on commercial banking customers. Landry says he hopes to send a message to banks around the nation with the exclusion.
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The Saints take on the Cardinals in the Superdome tonight, with a big hole at tight end. The Black and Gold have lacked a signature tight end since Jimmy was sent off to Seattle for some better protection for Drew Brees. Over the offseason, the team brought back Ben Watson, who’s back in town after three seasons with the Ravens, but he’s been hobbled, and Geller says that’s opened up play time for the formerly undrafted Dan Arnold.
A Secretary of State candidate is calling for an investigation into the purchse of new voting machines. The price is now set around ninety to ninety-five million dollars, up from the project sixty million earlier this summer, and the recent bidding process was also accused of being rigged by a contractor that was passed over for the voting machines purchase. Candidate for the Secretary of State position, AG Crowe, says he’s doing his part to have the activity investigated.
Cut 13 (09) “…what’s going on.”
4,100 homeowners still need to submit some additional paperwork to the Restore Louisiana Homeowner Assistance Program by October 1st. In order to get their reimbursement Executive Director of the Office of Community Development Pat Forbes says if an applicant has lost a part of the application there is nothing to worry about, as there’s an easy way to get a new form…