An entry in the 5th Congressional District race has name recognition, he’s awaiting retrial after his murder conviction was overturned for the murder of his eight-year-old stepson in 2008. Brooke Thorington has more.
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The Louisiana Oil and Gas Association says the Biden Administration’s early, aggressive moves against the industry will drive up prices at the pump. Taylor Sharp has the story.
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Errol Victor Sr. a pastor from St. John the Baptist, is one of seven candidates running for Louisiana’s 5th Congressional district. What makes his candidacy unique is he’s awaiting a retrial after his murder conviction was ordered for retrial because of a non-unanimous jury conviction. ULM Political Science Professor Joshua Stockley this race will make for some good teaching points.
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In 2014 Victor was convicted of second-degree murder in the 2008 death of his 8-year-old stepson. In 2020 the Supreme Court overturned non-unanimous convictions, so Victor is now awaiting retrial in a facility located in the 5th Congressional District.
As for his motive to run for office ULM Political Science Professor Joshua Stockley wonders if Victor truly wants to represent the state on a federal level…
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Julia Letlow, the wife of Congressman-elect Luke Letlow who won the seat in December but later died of COVID before being sworn in, is the projected frontrunner. Stockley says if for some reason voters elect Victor it doesn’t mean he’s automatically going to represent the state.
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Victor is registered as a Republican and made national headlines in 2012 when he along with his wife Tonya Victor, were captured and arrested in Georgia after being featured on “America’s Most Wanted” when they failed to show for trial in 2011.
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Two days into office and the Biden Administration is following through on campaign promises to roll back American oil production via executive action.
Louisiana Oil and Gas Association interim president Mike Moncla says the industry is not happy about it…
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Moncla says these moves will end up hitting Louisianans in the wallet.
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November 2nd, the day before the Presidential election, oil was 37 dollars a barrel. It is now 55 dollars a barrel.
Moncla says the administration is attempting to push Americans away from oil and gas and towards green and electric energy.
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The Biden Administration says these steps were crucial to reducing the nation’s carbon output and limiting potentially catastrophic levels of global temperature increase.
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While there won’t be any Mardi Gras parades in New Orleans due to the Coronavirus pandemic, folks will be able to experience a drive-thru Mardi Gras event in New Orleans City Park. Delgado baseball coach Joe Scheurmann says once he posted this idea on his Facebook page it gained a lot of traction.
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The “Float in the Oaks” event will take place from February 4th through the 14th. People attending the event are encouraged to decorate their vehicles. Scheurmann says this allows people to celebrate differently than they normally would.
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Tickets for the event must be purchased and they will cost 10 to 20 dollars per car. All proceeds will support the park’s maintenance and operation which Sheurmann says is greatly needed.
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Governor John Bel Edwards says there are positive signs that Louisiana has plateaued in the latest COVID-19-surge but the state percent positivity rate remains over 10-percent. The state health department reported 1,937 new cases on Friday and 41 more deaths. Edwards says the number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients has fallen below 18-hundred, but…
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The total number of confirmed COVID-19 deaths is just shy of eight-thousand and the state will likely surpass that grim milestone this weekend. Edwards says while there’s a decline in the total of new cases reported each day, but the lagging indicator is deaths…
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The state health department also reports that 314-thousand vaccine doses have been administered and 41-thousand individuals have received both dosages. State Health Officer Doctor Joe Kanter says the state will receive another 58-thousand vaccines next week, the same as this week and they expect the allocation to remain flat for the next four to five weeks…
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