If US Representatives cannot agree on how to keep the government funded by midnight Eastern time, that’s 11:00 our time tonight, the government will shut down – and at this point, the Democrats and Republicans are galaxies apart. Senator Bill Cassidy says Democrats are looking to add one-trillion dollars to the national debt by spending money on things that Republicans will never go along with.
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Democratic Congressman Troy Carter, on the other hand, says Republicans are determined to enact policies that take away Americans’ basic rights and freedoms.
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Cassidy says the House speaker is offering an extension to continue the negotiations.
Governor Jeff Landry has asked the federal government to fund the deployment of one thousand Louisiana National Guard soldiers to help law enforcement fight crime. Jeanne Burns has the story…
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Schools in Rapides Parish have been disrupted after a series of social media threats.
High schools have had to cancel homecoming events and Pineville Representative Mike Johnson says this is something that the legislature needs to address in the next session and it’s not just the juvenile perpetrators who need to be held accountable.