Legislation that would direct hundreds of millions of dollars more in offshore oil and gas revenue to Louisiana clears a Senate Committee. Senator Bill Cassidy is optimistic this year’s attempt will succeed where others have failed and says it’ll be a significant economic boon to the state once it passes.
Reports indicate a number of GOP stars are weighing a Gubernatorial run in 2023…
U.S. Senator John Kennedy is the latest political figure to spotlight the conspiracy theory that multi-millionaire sex offender Jeffery Epstein may not have committed suicide in his prison cell. Kennedy voiced his concerns during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing with Federal Bureau of Prisons Director Kathleen Sawyer
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Kennedy becomes the second Republican in Congress to acknowledge the speculation over Epstein’s death.
Eleven more juvenile whooping cranes have been brought to the White Lake Wetlands Conservation Area near Gueydan as the state Department of Wildlife and Fisheries attempts to re-establish the population of the rare bird. LDWF Biologist Sara Zimorski says the large birds have tracking transmitters on them and will be released next week, with the hopes they stay in Louisiana.
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The current state population is in the dozens.