Agriculture Commissioner Mike Strain is backing efforts to replace NAFTA with a new deal that would adjust some aspects of trade with Canada and Mexico. The state is an exporting powerhouse, with five of the top 15 ports by tonnage residing within its borders. Strain says if approved, the new trade deal would give a boost to some major Louisiana based corporations.
13 percent of Louisiana’s exports went to Mexico last year.
Legislation to fix duplication of benefits has passed Congress, which is great news for 2016 flood victims who cannot receive federal rebuilding grants through the Louisiana Restore Program, because they already received an S-B-A loan,. Senator Bill Cassidy says they brought up the problem with the SBA director…
Last night, hundreds gathered outside of the PMAC to honor the memory of gunned down LSU basketball player Wayde Sims. Kevin Barnhart has the story.
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A woman who’s been accused of poising her boyfriend to death with Barium is set to go on trial for 1st Degree Murder. Baton Rouge authorities allege 50-year-old Meshell Hale poisoned Damian Skipper, her then boyfriend in 2015. She’s also facing another investigation by New Orleans Police, into the death of her husband Arthur Noflin.