Governor Edwards claims GOP gubernatorial candidate Eddie Rispone’s plan to freeze Medicaid Enrollment will result in hundreds of thousands of people losing their health insurance…
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The paper ballot hand recount in a once tied Baton Rouge Senate race has produced a winner: Representative Franklin Foil will make the run-off by three votes over Representative Steve Carter. Foil will go on to face Democrat Beverly Brooks Thompson, who took first place with 34 percent of the vote, in the November 16th run-off. The election sparked controversy after a major Republican powerbroker reportedly offered to help Foil in future races if he dropped out.
A Tropical Storm Warning has been issued for a portion of coastal southeast Louisiana as Nestor is expected to develop in the Gulf of Mexico and quickly move to the northeast. Nestor is expected to form in the southwest Gulf of Mexico and race towards the Florida panhandle, but National Weather Service forecaster Mike Efferson says areas south of Lake Pontchartrain could see some effects…
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The system is not expected to become a hurricane.
Louisiana Economic Development is investing $3.6 million dollars into a new eight-million dollar natural gas pipeline at the Madison Parish Port near Tallulah to encourage future economic development. The state’s contribution will help double the pipeline’s capacity. L-E-D Secretary Don Pierson says initially only one company would benefit now it’s ten.