A new poll showing Senator Bill Cassidy with a 69 percent approval rating among Republicans is an encouraging sign for his re-election bid. Four years ago, Cassidy was one of seven Senate Republicans who voted to convict Trump in his second impeachment trial. Pollster Bernie Pinsonat says had Cassidy voted against Robert F Kennedy Jr.’s nomination for Health Secretary, that would have likely ended his re-election chances.
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Congresswoman Julia Letlow and Congressman Clay Higgins are asking the White House to impose tariffs of up to 100-percent on rice imports from five countries – India, Thailand, China, Pakistan and Vietnam. Letlow says the U.S.’ rice industry is being displaced by heavily subsidized rice from those countries.
Cut 6 (08) “…1.5 billion in 2024.”
A crash in St. Landry Parish claimed the life of an unborn child. State police say an 18-wheeler being driven by 51-year-old Albert Jenkins of Lafayette traveling south on Highway 743 failed to yield at an intersection with Highway 190 and traveled in the path of a 2024 Kia Seltos heading west.. Though properly restrained, the Kia’s pregnant driver suffered critical injuries, and her unborn child didn’t make it. In light of the tragedies, Trooper Peggy Bourque reminds drivers…
Louisiana Christian University will soon have a new president. The school’s board of trustees has appointed Dr. Mark Johnson the 10th president of the small college in Pineville. Vice Chairman of the Search Committee Tommy Kiker says it was a nationwide search.