The consumer price index for June is up nine-percent over last year as U-S inflation continues to run at a four-decade high. Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy says the White House and Democrats in Congress are drafting a trillion-dollar spending plan to combat inflation…
cut 4 (13) “….could do both”
President Biden says there are signs inflation has reached its peak as he points to the falling price of gasoline and other commodities like wheat.

Former state lawmaker, D-N-R Secretary, broadcaster and civic leader Ron Gomez has passed away at the age of 87. Gomez was well known in Lafayette and inducted into the Louisiana Political Hall of Fame in 2019. Political Analyst Ron Faucheux served with Gomez in the Louisiana House in the 1980s and recalls Gomez’s people skills…
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Funeral arrangements are pending.

We are less than 13 months away from qualifying for Louisiana’s 2023 governor’s race. Political analyst Bernie Pinsonat says there are a number of Republican candidates looking to run …
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State Treasurer John Schroder is another GOP candidate and the latest name on the Democratic side that could run is New Orleans City Councilwoman Helena Moreno.

The Louisiana Department of Health reported 35-hundred new COVID cases yesterday and hospitalizations are up 139 from last week to 678. State Health Officer Doctor Joe Kanter says this is Louisiana’s sixth COVID surge as the BA.4 and BA.5 variants are now the dominant strains. He says, on average, symptoms from these variants are mild but that’s not absolute for people who are considered higher risk…
Cut 10 (12) “…extra precautions.”