With the legislature set to debate pushing the dates back for next year’s party primaries , Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser leaves no doubt as to where he stands – if it was up to him, he’d scrap the closed primaries altogether and go back to open primaries. Nungesser says closed primaries are a major reason why the political climate is as bad as it’s ever been.
The federal elections next year will be a party primary and legislators are looking to push them back a month, because the Supreme Court could rule the current Congressional map as unconstitutional.
A tourist from Wisconsin was found dead on the I-10 Twin Span Tuesday morning. 26-year-old Edashia Carway was in New Orleans for the NBA Youngboy concert. St. Tammany Parish coroner Christopher Tape says The manner of death is homicide from hit and run. The coroner says State Police and other law enforcement agencies are trying to determine how she ended up on the Twin Span…
The trip to New Orleans was a birthday gift from her family as she was set to turn 27 today.
The group Agenda for Children says the poverty rate among children in Louisiana is 19-percent – currently the highest in the country. The national average is 13-percent. Data and Research Director Teresa Falgoust says living in poverty will often lead to other adverse effects for kids as they get older, so it’s very important that the cycle of poverty be broken.
A starter on LSU’s defense last season is no longer on the football team…
Cut 28 (08) “…no longer on the roster”
That’s LSU Coach Brian Kelly on today’s SEC coaches teleconference. Ashton Stamps started every game at cornerback last season, but has been a back-up this season.