A short special session is being planned for later this month that would give lawmakers the ability to change the dates of the party primaries for next year’s federal election. Jeff Palermo has more.
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Bollinger Shipyards in Houma has been awarded a major federal contract where they’ll build four new icebreaker vessels for the U-S Coast Guard. Congressman Clay Higgins says these new ships will help secure the Arctic Ocean for the United States. The shipbuilding deal is expected to support as many as 600 jobs.
The Louisiana Department of Health is urging residents to avoid botox injections at non-medical settings or from unlicensed sources. State Epidemiologist Theresa Sokol says they are issuing this warning after two Louisiana residents were hospitalized with botulism-like symptoms…
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Sokol says make sure your provider is licensed or if you purchase the product online, make sure the supplier is licensed and FDA approved.
It’s been a dry September and October, and the forecast is calling for little chance of rain over the next week. Louisiana Agriculture Commissioner Mike Strain says the dry weather is helping farmers harvest their crops, but he’s getting concerned about wildfires becoming more common. He says last week there were 43 wildfires that consumed 274 acres.