The 2019 Governor’s race is in the books and ambitious Republican state leaders are reportedly eyeing a 2023 race that won’t feature a popular incumbent Democrat. Two prominent statewide elected figures stand out as early frontrunners, one of them is Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser, who tends to stay out of partisan fights, and is highly popular across party lines.
Cross says the other is AG Jeff Landry.
U.S. Senator John Kennedy is the latest politician to question whether or not multimillionaire pedophile Jeffery Epstein hung himself in his New York jail. Epstein’s apparent suicide came before he could provide details about potential co-conspirators, reportedly including high profile people, in sex-trafficking. Kennedy says he wants investigators to put full focus into finding answers.
Cut 14 (07) “…they normally would.”
Eleven more juvenile whooping cranes have been brought to the White Lake Wetlands Conservation Area near Gueydan as the state wildlife officials attempt to re-establish the population of the rare bird. LDWF Biologist Sara Zimorski says the population of the bird at one point was as high as 10,000 but was nearly wiped out in the 1950s.
Cut 10 (08) “…of going extinct.”
Zimorski says when reintroduction efforts started in 2011, the bird was absent from the state.
Legislation that would direct hundreds of millions of dollars more in offshore oil and gas revenue to Louisiana clears a Senate Committee. The legislation would increase the percentage of offshore oil and gas revenue sent to the state. US Senator Bill Cassidy says it also closes a loophole that exempted some rigs from contributing revenue.