Republican Congressman John Fleming begins airing television ads statewide for his U.S. Senate campaign. Emelie Gunn has more…
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Today, Governor John Bel Edwards meets with the President and members of Congress in Washington to discuss additional assistance for flood victims in Louisiana. Halen Doughty has more…
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There may not be many FEMA mobile homes set up in Louisiana. Jeff Palermo explains why…
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First Lady Donna Edwards is visiting schools in flood ravaged areas of south Louisiana to distribute school supplies. Edwards has teamed up with the Louisiana School Boards Association to collect over 16-thousand dollars with the GoFundMe account called “LSBA Fund for Restoring Schools.” She says she will be at Greenbrier Elementary today.
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Edwards says the donations not only go to students, but teachers as well. She says many teachers lost everything and they hope to give them a chance to bring their classrooms back to normal.
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Edwards says partnering with LSBA are many Louisiana celebrities like Saints Punter Thomas Morstead is delivering backpacks full of supplies to classrooms and Vampire Diaries star Ian Somerhalder is collecting funds to provide new electronics and uniforms. She urges anyone who can to donate.
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Republican Congressman John Fleming launches a seven figure statewide TV ad for the U.S. Senate race. Jeremy Alford of LaPolitics.com says Fleming is a U.S. Representative for north Louisiana who doesn’t have much name recognition outside of his district. But he says this TV spot gives Fleming the chance to introduce himself to voters and jump start his campaign.
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Republican Congressman Charles Boustany has also started running TV commercial and Alford says Treasurer Kennedy will soon have TV ads running too. He says on the democratic side, there is a big war playing out on urban radio stations.
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Alford says TV and radio commercials are the best way to get the attention of voters because there are a lot of other distractions, like the presidential race, football season and the start of duck season. He says these first set of ads will be positive but that won’t last long.
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Governor John Bel Edwards is traveling to Washington, D.C., today to meet with federal officials about getting more assistance for Louisiana flood victims. Edwards says his office now has a better understanding of the flood damage and an idea of how much money it will take to repair it all. He says they are asking for $2 billion to help flood victims rebuild their homes.
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Edwards says he plans to tell Obama administration officials that this is the most significant natural disaster since Superstorm Sandy in 2012. The governor says he’ll also speak with Congressional leaders who returned from summer recess this week, so they understand the level of damage the historic flood spread across 20-plus parishes.
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Edwards says the state has to make sure the spending is accountable and that we spend the money wisely. He says he’s also asking for full funding for the Comite River Diversion Project, which could prevent disastrous flooding in the Baton Rouge area.
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It doesn’t look like we’ll see a lot of FEMA mobile homes in Louisiana. Louisiana Deputy Federal Coordinating Officer, Tito Hernandez, says five families are currently in the units, and 40 others are waiting for hookups. But he says the manufactured homes are a last resort housing option.
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Hernandez says over 63-thousand flood victims have received FEMA assistance for rent or home repairs, and 24-hundred are currently in hotels. He says there have been problems with setting up the new mobile homes in someone’s yard.
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Hernandez says 19-thousand people have registered for the Shelter At Home program, and 28-thousand flood insurance claims have already paid $229 million for home repairs. He says they talked to 3-thousand families who qualified for a manufactured housing unit, and many of them were not interested.
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Quarterback Drew Brees will remain the Saints signal caller through at least the 2017 season as a result of a contract extension that pays him 44-million dollars over the next two years. The deal also gives the Saints 13-million dollars in salary cap relief, so the team can make additional roster moves this season. Brees says he wanted to sign a deal that was a win-win
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Brees contract extension runs for five seasons, but the last three years can be voided. The 37-year-old Q-B has said he can play for another five years, but he didn’t want to force the Saints to sign him to a contract that ate up a lot of the salary cap for the next several years…
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According to ESPN, Brees will receive 20-million dollars this season and 24-million dollars next year. The future hall of famer remains one of the highest paid players in the game…
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