The Council for a Better Louisiana has released their 2015 Election Agenda. These are the group’s recommendations for the next governor and legislature. CABL President Barry Erwin says they support expanding Medicaid. He says this would afford the state more federal money to strengthen medical education and provide more health care for Louisiana citizens…:
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He says they also would like to see the gas tax raised to help roads and they also feel the TOPS program should be restructured.

The four main candidates for governor were asked about the possibility of raising the minimum wage during a forum in Baton Rouge. Republican David Vitter was absent, but fellow GOP candidate Jay Dardenne doesn’t think increasing the minimum pay is the answer. Republican Scott Angelle agrees…:
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Democrat John Bel Edwards supports raising the wages of the state’s lowest paid workers.

The Jefferson Parish GOP endorses Plaquemines Parish President Billy Nungesser for Lt. Governor over their own Jefferson Parish President John Young. In the governor’s race, the group endorses Republican David Vitter. However, Political analyst Clandy Dubos says this was not an overwhelming endorsement from Vitter’s home parish…:
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He says the group’s selection of Nungesser over Young is a real slap at Young on his home turf.

So will Saints quarterback Dree Brees play against the Carolina Panthers? ESPN’s Ed Werder has learned that orthopedic surgeon and LSU alum Doctor James Andrews examined the MRI scans of Brees’ injured shoulder and confirmed the original diagnosis that the veteran QB has a bruised rotator cuff. That means there’s a chance number nine will play against the Panthers, but it depends on how well his shoulder responds to the treatments he’ll get this week.