A federal judge this afternoon is set to hear Planned Parenthood’s lawsuit case against Governor Bobby Jindal over the Administration’s plan to cancel the organization’s Medicaid contracts. Jindal is upset over videos which allegedly show Planned Parenthood leaders discussing the sale of fetuses. But Political analyst Bernie Pinsonat doesn’t think Jindal can just cancel funding for the program…:
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Court documents showed this week that the US Justice Department is siding with Planned Parenthood.

The Ouachita Parish School system reports that two students have been arrested in separate incidents. They say one involved a 7th graders from Woodlawn Elementary who brought an unloaded pistol to school. The other happened at Ouachita High where a 15-year-old allegedly hit a teacher. Both were arrested by the Ouachita Parish sheriff’s deputies Tuesday.

Do you think Shreveport is the most redneck city in Louisiana? A data compiling website called RoadSnacks finds this on their most redneck cities list. Then it’s Westwego, Mandeville, Slidell and Cut Off. Study co-author Nick James says so far they haven’t heard anybody in The Bayou State upset about their city ranking so high on the list…:
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The full list is online at roadsnacks.net.

LSU football is teaming up with The Head Health Network to study how impacts to the head effect players…:
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The first negative commercial in Louisiana’s governor’s race has hit the airwaves. It comes from a super PAC supporting Senator David Vitter. ULM political science professor Joshua Stockley says the other candidates also have super PACs, so he expects them to become more active now that the front-runner in the race has fired the first shot…

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The 30-second TV ad criticizes Vitter’s republican opponents, Scott Angelle and Jay Dardenne, for supporting tax increases.

The LSU football team and the Head Health Network are partnering up to study how impacts to the head effect players. H-H-N President Curtis Cruz says LSU has been proactive with this issue and the Head Health Network is trying to improve the process by which LSU protects its players…

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He says this study will give training staff a much better handle on how to treat concussions.

The state Department of Health and Hospitals says the brain eating amoeba has been found in a water system in Ouachita Parish. They say the North Monroe Water System, which serves about 8,400 residents in the town of Sterlington, tested positive for the Naegleria fowleri amoeba. A 60-day chlorine burn on the system will be conducted to eliminate the amoeba. Officials remind residents that the water is safe to use and drink, but you should avoid getting water up your nose.

A data compiling website called RoadSnacks has put together a list of the “Most Redneck Cities in Louisiana” and Shreveport is number 1. Michelle Southern reports…:

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The first negative commercial of the governor’s race has hit the airwaves. Jeff Palermo has the story…

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The state Department of Health and Hospitals has confirmed the prescence of the brain eating amoeba in a water system in Ouachita Parish. They say the Naegleria fowleri amoeba was found in the North Monroe Water System, which serves about 8,400 residents in the town of Sterlington. Officials remind residents that the water is safe to drink, but you should avoid getting water up your nose. A 60-day chlorine burn on the system will be conducted to eliminate the amoeba.

Planned Parenthood’s lawsuit against Governor Bobby Jindal over his decision to cut their Medicaid payments at clinics in Baton Rouge and New Orleans will be heard today by a federal judge. Political analyst Bernie Pinsonat says whether you like federal programs or not, Louisiana is tied to most of them and you don’t have a choice but to comply…

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The Department of Justice says they haven’t seen “sufficient reasons” to deny Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast funding.

A data compiling website called RoadSnacks has put together a list of the “Most Redneck Cities in Louisiana” and Shreveport is number 1. RoadSnacks co-founder Nick James says they used stereotypical categories on where rednecks might live in Louisiana, like the number of Dollar Stores in the area…

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You can check out the full list online at roadsnacks.net.

A federal judge is set to hear Planned Parenthood’s lawsuit against Governor Bobby Jindal over his decision to cut their Medicaid payments at clinics in Baton Rouge and New Orleans. The DOJ says they haven’t seen “sufficient reasons” to keep Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast from receiving funding. Political analyst Bernie Pinsonat doesn’t think governors can just pull out of federal programs like this…

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In a statement, Planned Parenthood says Jindal’s decision will jeopardize health care for low-income, uninsured women and men.

A super pac supporting Senator David Vitter has released the first negative commercial in Louisiana’s governor’s race. ULM political science professor Joshua Stockley figured the race would get more heated around the Labor Day holiday…

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The TV ad criticizes Vitter’s Republican opponents, Scott Angelle and Jay Dardenne, for supporting tax increases.

The Head Health Network is partnering with the LSU football team to study how impacts to the head effect players. H-H-N President Curtis Cruz says science is just now coming to terms with what is significant as far as a critical threshold and accumulation of smaller hits…

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The study will equip 24 players’ helmets with sensors to monitor impacts.

According to RoadSnacks-dot-com, Shreveport is the “Most Redneck City in Louisiana”. Rounding out the top five are Westwego, Mandeville, Slidell and Cut Off respectively. RoadSnacks co-founder Nick James says they started with the dictionary definition of redneck…

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The article says the list is an opinion based on facts and is meant as “info-tainment.”

Louisiana’s governor’s race has its first negative commercial. It comes from a super pac supporting Senator David Vitter. The 30-second TV ad criticizes Vitter’s republican opponents, Scott Angelle and Jay Dardenne, for supporting tax increases. ULM political science professor Joshua Stockley says the ad comes at a time when Angelle is showing signs of gaining support….

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We are less than two months away from the October primary.

Today a Federal judge is set to hear the case of Planned Parenthood’s lawsuit against Governor Bobby Jindal over his decision to cut their Meicaid payments at clinics in Baton Rouge and New Orleans. Court documents showed this week that the US Justice Department is siding with the organization. Political analyst Bernie Pinsonat…:

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The DOJ says they haven’t seen “sufficient reasons” to keep Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast from receiving funding.

The LSU football team and the Head Health Network are partnering up to study how impacts to the head effect players. H-H-N President Curtis Cruz says LSU is on the forefront for creating new technologies to prevent head injuries and the study will equip 24 players’ helmets with sensors to monitor impacts.

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Cruz says this is so important because it allows us to learn what’s really happening and it’s difficult to observe from afar and to understand the effect of a big hit. Cruz says this study gives the training staff a much better handle on how to treat concussions.

Governor Bobby Jindal continues to poll low in the latest Republican presidential surveys. A Monmouth University poll gives him just 1 percent support of Iowa Republican caucus voters. Political analyst Bernie Pinsonat says the fact that Jindal is a sitting governor could be hurting him…:
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He says you can expect Jindal to remain in the race at least through the Iowa caucus and New Hampshire primary.

State Police say a crash in Tangipahoa Parish has claimed the life of a bicyclist. Trooper Dustin Dwight says the unidentified cyclist was traveling on the US 190 Tangipahoa River Bridge late Monday night…:
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Authorities are working to determine the victim’s identity, the driver that hit the bike has not been cited.

The state department of health and hospitals says they have found a brain-eating amoeba in another water system in Louisiana. This time the amoeba was located in the North Monroe Water System, which serves the town of Sterlington. It’s the fourth water system to test positive for the deadly amoeba. Officials say the water is safe to drink, just don’t get it up your nose.

Louisiana Oil and Gas Association President Don Briggs says the current state of the industry in Louisiana is not pretty. He says the declining prices of crude oil has caused the Oil and Gas industry to hit record lows in several areas in the past year. Briggs says the number of working drilling sites in the state has taken a huge hit…
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US crude oil prices fell $3.79 today to $45.41 a barrel in New York. That led to Exxon Mobil’s stock falling four percent.