Trick-or-treaters may be visiting homes with blue bucket pumpkins looking for candy. What does the blue color signify? Kevin Barnhart has the details.
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JMC Analytics puts the governor’s race at 48 percent for Governor Edwards and 46 percent for Eddie Rispone. Matt Doyle has more…
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Governor Edwards opened up on gubernatorial opponent Eddie Rispone after attending a candidate forum for the second week in a row without an opponent to debate…
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Halloween means kids heading door-to-door in search of candy, but for children with autism, they may not be able to verbalize phrases like “Trick-or-treat” or “Happy Halloween,” so the newest trend for those children is carrying blue buckets or pumpkins to bring awareness. Autism Society Acadiana spokesperson Robin Blackwell says those kids will still be excited to get candy.
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Blackwell says if you are aware that you may encounter autistic visitors, there are some things to take into consideration.
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Blackwell says not all parents of autistic children are on board with the blue buckets as they feel it singles a child out for special treatment.
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The CDC estimates that 1 in 57 children are diagnosed as being on the autism spectrum.
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A new run-off poll from JMC Analytics shows Governor Edwards at 48 percent and Eddie Rispone at 46 percent with a little under three weeks until the race is decided.
Pollster John Couvillon says it’s the first time he’s seen Edwards make real progress towards the 50 percent plus one he will need on November 16th to keep his job.
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Edwards has 50 percent of the vote when Edwards leaning voters were reallocated to the Governor.
Rispone is nipping at the Governor’s heels, and just outside of the margin of error to win. Couvillon says the Baton Rouge businessman needs two things to happen to overtake Edwards.
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Abraham endorsed Rispone after the primary, but it’s unclear whether or not the Congressman plans on campaigning for his fellow Republican.
There’s only six percent of voters who remain undecided. Couvillon says that means this race will come down to party turnout, not persuasive and flashy TV ads.
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Governor Edwards is rolling out a new line of attack in the governor’s race, prodding Eddie Rispone for declining to attend nearly any candidate forums or other public events with the line “Where’s Eddie?”
Rispone has only agreed to meet face to face for one event in the run-off, the October 30th LPB debate. Edwards slammed the Republican at Monday’s press club candidate forum for dodging questions.
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Since Friday the Rispone campaign has not returned requests for comments, but when questioned at the airport Monday said he’s “been all over this state.”
Edwards says the reason Rispone is dodging the press and refusing to answer questions at public events is that his answers would be unpopular.
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The Governor singled out his opponent’s support for repealing the Medicaid expansion, and Rispone’s past support for the state’s voucher program that’s been panned by the Department of Education.
Edwards also doubled down on Rispone’s connection to a controversial GOP mega-donor, saying Rispone takes his cues from his mentor, the “corrupt puppet master Lane Grigsby”.
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Grigsby was recently embroiled in a quid-pro-quo scandal involving a Baton Rouge Senate race, and was sued in September by the Department of Justice over nearly 800,000 dollars of alleged improperly claimed tax deductions.
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The Saint and Falcons have the most intense rivalry in the NFL, this according to knowrivalry.com, a project of professors from West Carolina and Northern Kentucky Universities. Contributing fans are given 100 points to distribute among teams they believe their team has the biggest beef with. West Carolina Professor David Tyler…
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The Falcons fans gave an average or 74 points toward the Saints, and Saints fans gave back 65. Tyler says Saints fans next highest rival is Carolina, a distant second place.
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Tyler says he believes it is the repetition of play that makes a rivalry stand out.
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The 7-1 Saints are off this week, but return from the bye to face the 1-7 Falcons at the Superdome on November 10.
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After a slow start to the season, LSU’s defense has played much better this month and it’s now ranked as the fourth best defense in the SEC behind Georgia, Missouri and Alabama. The Tigers rank second in rush defense, allowing just 98 yards a game. Safety Jacoby Stevens’ improved play is one reason for the improved defense…
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LSU and Alabama are both idle this Saturday. Defensive end Rashard Lawrence says they’ll take the break…
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Lawrence likes there chances of winning at Alabama, because of the experience on the team…
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