Senate President Cameron Henry says he will not support Governor Landry’s push to more than double the funding for the L-A GATOR program from the current 43.5-million dollars to 88-million dollars. Henry says the program is too new to examine any results to determine whether it’s worth increasing the state’s investment on it.
Now that Tony the crawfish has been pardoned, crawfish season is officially underway – and that means it’s time to start tracking crawfish prices. Laney King is the co-founder of The Crawfish App.
Cut 9 (11) “…for boiled crawfish.”
Those prices are about $1.50 a pound higher than what they typically are at this time of year.
Governor Landry wants to shift West Feliciana Parish’s federal judicial districts. Andre Champagne reports while Landry stated his reason to Congress, there’s an ulterior motive in play.
Cut 1 (35) “…I’m Andre Champagne.”
Actor Shia LeBoeuf is ordered to drug and alcohol rehab following his arrest for assault and battery in the French Quarter during Mardi Gras earlier this month. A stern Judge Simone Levine told him he does not take his addiction seriously.