Voters head to the booths Saturday for the primary and a NextStar TV poll has Governor Edwards receiving 43-percent of the vote, but ULM Political Science Professor Joshua Stockley says Edwards still has a chance to win it outright Saturday.
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And Edwards was confronted with the Johnny Anderson sexual assault scandal with the first question of the final Gubernatorial primary debate last night. Anderson is the former Deputy Chief of Staff for Edwards who resigned after being accused of sexual harassment and assault by Edwards employee Juanita Washington. Washington says after being accused of harassment by six different women at his last job, Anderson should have never been hired, but Edwards says Anderson was vetted and cleared of wrongdoing.
Polls open Saturday from 7AM to 8PM.
Site Selection Magazine ranks Louisiana second for infrastructure investment for the second year in a row. State Economic Development Secretary Don Pierson says Louisiana has invested 40-billion dollars in infrastructure throughout the state this year…
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The publication also took into consideration the state’s $50 billion coastal master plan to protect and restore the state’s coast.
A CDC report shows that Louisiana dropped in the rankings for new cases of gonorrhea and early-stage syphilis. Assistant Secretary for the state Office of Public Health Dr. Alex Billioux says a hurdle faced is the access to medication to treat STD patients.
In this latest report, Louisiana was ranked seventh for primary and secondary syphilis case rates, declining from #3 and in gonorrhea, the state fell two spots to number five.