Following President Trump’s endorsement of Julia Letlow for U.S. Senate, incumbent, Bill Cassidy said endorsements will not decide the race; instead, the voters will select the candidate with the best record. Advocate newspaper columnist Tyler Bridges said on Talk Louisiana, it will be interesting to see if Cassidy’s strategy will work.
Cassidy is not backing away from the issues that may be contrary to the president’s views. In a social media post, Saturday he expressed concern about the activities of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the reputations of ICE and the Department of Homeland Security. After another fatal shooting in Minnesota, he said there must be a full federal and state investigation.
The winter precipitation and heavy rains have moved out of the state, but the cold weather is here. The storm caused power outages for almost 130,000 homes and businesses, mostly in North Louisiana where temperatures are not expected to get above freezing until Tuesday. LSU Health Climatologist Barry Keim says we will see a slight warm up as the week goes on.
And the storm claimed the lives of two men in Caddo Parish. DHS says the men died from hypothermia.
Louisiana has the highest average combined state and local sales tax rate in the country says the Tax Foundation. Policy Analyst Janelle Fritts says the state did reduce income taxes across the board to a flat three percent and cut other taxes as well so the state’s ranking in overall tax burden has improved.