4:30 pm LRN Newscast Nov 18

Senator John Kennedy went off on the Biden White House as the root cause of the huge spikes in the cost of almost everything. Speaking on the Senate floor, Kennedy says the increase in gasoline, groceries and consumer goods & services are the direct result of Biden fiscal & energy policies…:

CUT 13(10)      “…exploding our debt?”

He says the proposed $2-trillion Reconciliation Bill will drive inflation up further.

There is a near-total lunar eclipse happening overnight tonight: one of the longest lasting in years. LSU Astronomy professor Geoff Clayton says start watching around midnight, and it should reach its peak at about 3 a.m. He says it should be quite a show…:

CUT 05(10)      “…at sunset.”

Let’s hope skies are clear enough tonight to enjoy it.

 

Preparations are underway for Governor Edwards’ signing of a document officially pardoning the late Homer Plessy for the crime of trying to sit in the white section of a segregated train headed to Covington, way back in the 1890’s. The posthumous pardon for Plessy – who died in 1925 – was unanimously granted by the state Pardons & Parole Board. Governor Edwards says the signing ceremony is being planned to include descendants of those involved in the U.S. Supreme Court case, Plessy v. Ferguson…:

CUT 10(09)      “…we possibly can.”

A date for the governor’s signing of the pardon has not been announced.

The Louisiana Farm Bureau says that Thanksgiving in Louisiana is cheaper this year than the national average; about $11.00 less than the national average for a Thanksgiving feast for 10. In numbers, that’s $57.41. The national average is $68.72; $8.61 higher than last year’s national average.