Bennett Johnston has died at the age of 92. The Shreveport native represented Louisiana in the U-S Senate for four terms from 1972 to 1997. Political analyst Bernie Pinsonat, who worked for Johnston, says Johnston was a powerful senator who fought hard for federal resources for Louisiana…
Cut 15 (10) “….by the budget”
Johnston also served as chairman, or a ranking member of the energy and natural resources committee and he supported more nuclear power plants and expanded drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.
Not everyone in Ascension Parish is happy a Hyundai steel plant is coming. Ashley Gaignard (GAN-yard), the president of the environmental group Rural Roots Louisiana, says having the steel mill along the Mississippi River in Donaldsonville will just add to the pollution in Ascension Parish.
Officials say the new facility will be a ultra-low carbon steel production plant.
A new report from SEAD Consulting found that 58-percent of the restaurants in Shreveport are misleading customers into thinking that they’re eating Gulf shrimp when they’re not. SEAD Consulting President David Williams says they perform what’s known as the Rapid ID Genetic Highly accurate Test, or RIGHTTest, right at the dinner table.
Cut 9 (11) “…shrimp-producing states.”
Williams says a big reason that restaurants, including those in Louisiana, serve imported shrimp is because it’s much less expensive than the shrimp found off the Gulf coast.
Starting April 5th, the cost of a Mega Millions lottery ticket will increase from two to five dollars and the minimum jackpot will go from 20-million to 50 dollars. Officials believe these changes and more will result in average jackpot sizes of 800-million dollars. Louisiana Lottery spokesperson Kim Chopin has this advice for all lottery players…
Cut 13 (12) “….keep it fun”