Louisiana voters soundly rejected all four Constitutional amendments on Saturday’s ballot, with about 65-percent of voters voting no on each one. Governor Landry pushed hard for Amendment 2, telling voters it would make the state more attractive for business investment. But John Couvillon of JMC Analytics and Polling says the governor didn’t start campaigning for the amendment until the week of early voting…
Amendment Two was born in last November’s tax reform special session. It sought to make major changes to Article Seven that included lowering the maximum income tax rate, limiting annual budget increases, and making it harder to approve new tax breaks.
The race for Lake Charles mayor is headed to a runoff. Republican incumbent Nic Hunter got 47-percent of the vote – not enough to win outright. Thus, he will face independent Marshal Simiem, who got 29-percent of the vote Saturday.
Following a statewide listening tour, the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality is out with its report on how to deal with the state’s waste tire crisis. Secretary Aurelia Giacometto says one thing they learned in the six town halls is that many collection sites charge a per-tire fee over a certain limit, and that’s counterproductive.
Cut 4 (11) “…just been dumped.”
Willis Knighton Health in Shreveport opens its new seven-million-dollar nuclear oncology department today. Medical director of Radiation Oncology Doctor Lane Rosen says the Willis Knighton Cancer Center now has the most advanced molecular imaging tools in the country for delivery and monitoring of radiopharmaceutical treatment.