The trade with China has hit another snag but Agriculture Commissioner Mike Strain says a trade deal with a close friend looks promising. Kevin Barnhart has the story.
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East Baton Rouge gets the state and federal dollars needed to complete a 255 million dollar flood prevention project . Matt Doyle has more…
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Ag Commissioner Mike Strain says the future of agriculture in Louisiana may look a lot different in five years.
He says climate change is allowing farmers to grow crops farther north than they have in the past, which means we could see some interesting new additions…
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Strain made the comments yesterday at Qualifying.
Strain says the state is moving ahead with its hemp program, but the feds have yet to give the state-specific testing mechanisms and exact THC limits. That being said…
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Strain says internationally, they’re working on a new trade deal with Britain, but it’s the trade war with China that has many farmers in Louisiana stuck in the middle.
Louisiana accounts for one percent of the soybean production in the US, with 60% of the national export being sent to China.
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Navy veteran Patrick “Livewire” Landry is the third Republican to enter the governor’s race alongside Eddie Rispone and Congressman Ralph Abraham.
Landry says the 300-million-dollar state surplus from the last budget year is evidence that the state is collecting too much in taxes, and that money needs to be returned.
Landry previously ran for Governor as an independent in 2003.
The candidate had a specific pitch for voters who cross the nation’s largest bridge during their commute…
The Causeway has a five dollar toll charge.
The New Orleans native is an artist, who brought a few of his politically themed, interpretive drawings with him, most of which were geared towards attacking the state’s more left-leaning residents. Landry called the Governor a liberal, and…
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A 255 million dollar flood prevention project in East Baton Rouge Parish is set to break ground next year.
The East Baton Rouge Flood Risk Reduction Project is aimed at preventing another Great Flood of 2016. Transportation and Drainage Director for EBR Parish Fred Raiford says it’s a massive relief for local residents.
Baton Rouge and the state agreed to kick in 60 million, and the City of Central offered four million to pull down the rest of the nearly 200 million in federal matching funds.
Raiford says about 66 miles of drainage channels throughout the parish will be improved as part of the project which has lacked funding for decades.
Raiford says they’ve begun testing drainage models now, and they could be breaking ground as early as February of 2020, but it may take awhile…
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A Clinical Psychologist at LSU Health New Orleans says the conflicting reports of a shooter at a Walmart in Baton Rouge yesterday may be the result of the psychological impact of recent mass shootings.
Authorities say a gun was drawn during an altercation, but despite multiple eyewitness accounts, no shot was ever fired. Michelle Moore says when in fight or flight the nervous system just takes over…
The East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office says they’ve reviewed the video and did not see any shots fired during the event.
But how could so many unrelated people think they heard gunshots when there’s yet to be physical evidence? Moore says…
A similar event occurred last night in Times Square in New York City after a motorcycle muffler went off.
Recent events in El Paso and Dayton are weighing heavily on much of the public’s mind, and Moore says it’s likely going to result in people being more sensitive when venturing into public spaces…
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