Lafayette Congressman Clay Higgins is under fire for a strongly worded post on X he made about Haitians calling them thugs and repeating Former President Donald Trump’s claims that they eat pets. ULM Political Science Professor Pearson Cross says that’s basically Higgins being Higgins.
Cut 6 (13) “…quite wide margins.”
Higgins said it was never meant to be a dig against Haitian people as a whole. Reporters caught up with Higgins at the Capitol
A man arrested over 40 times in St. John the Baptist Parish, was apprehended again this week booked at the Sherman Walker Correctional Center on charges of resisting an officer, possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, and possession of drug paraphernalia. Sheriff Mike Tregre (treg) says he doesn’t know how Casey Spies keeps getting released and arrested over and over. Judge Vercell Fiffie (fee-fee) set Spies’ bond for this arrest at $10,500, which he posted after paying a 10-percent cash bond of $1,050, resulting in his release two and a half hours later.
Cut 5 (07) “…leave it at that.”
The Louisiana Department of Health launches a new pilot program to increase opportunities for pregnant women to get tested for syphilis. LDH STD/HIV program director, Dr. Stephanie Taylor says currently, only 50-percent of pregnant women get adequately screened.