After a Louisiana Marine vet tried medical cannabis for his PTSD, he says it was a game-changer and now he wants to help others. Brooke Thorington explains.
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When COVID canceled Mardi Gras in 2021, it birthed the new tradition of house floats, and one designer says they’re busier than last year. Brooke Thorington throws out the details.
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An all-time great running back at LSU is headed to the College Football Hall of Fame. Jeff Palermo reports Kevin Faulk will be enshrined in December.
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There’s now a new way to receive a prescription for medical marijuana in Louisiana. It’s a telemedicine platform by the name of TeleLeaf. Creator and CEO Gary Hess, a US Marine vet who suffered from PTSD, unfortunately, says there’s still a stigma surrounding cannabis use…
Hess created the Louisiana-based company to give those who don’t feel comfortable asking for cannabis to treat their medical conditions can do so from the privacy of their own home. In addition to those in need feeling stigmatized about medical cannabis, Hess says many physicians were not on board initially with prescribing it.
TeleLeaf Customer Service Manager Brianna Hardy says often many patients are hesitant to try medical marijuana after previous pharmaceutical options have proved disappointing and even caused side effects that created additional health problems.
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Hess says first you need to register on their website at TeleLeaf.com and then you’ll have a virtual visit with a physician.
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When COVID shut down Mardi Gras in 2021, it birthed the creation of house floats. And how some folks compete with neighbors to have the best Christmas decorations, Mardi Gras season is even more extravagant. You can call on a professional like Ian Darrow at Stronghold Studios in New Orleans.
Stronghold Studios normally assists with movie sets, but Darrow says when COVID closed down production they added house floats to their repertoire and thus a new created a new line of work.
Darrow says they assist with the creation, design, installation, and removal of house floats. You can view their work on Stronghold Studios’ website or Instagram page.
Prices vary by design, but Darrow says they average between three to six thousand dollars. He says they’ve decorated homes in traditional Mardi Gras style, and some customers choose décor to reflect their heritage, profession, or even…
And while they are still taking orders for this year, Darrow says it’s best to approach them about house floats before carnival season.
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The Revenue Estimating Conference meets today at the State Capitol and it’s expected the panel will officially recognize a budget surplus from the fiscal year that ended at the end of June. House Appropriations Chairman Jerome Zeringue says they’ll have an extra 400-million dollars to spend on specific one-time projects…
State lawmakers will vote on how the surplus dollars will be spent and Governor John Bel Edwards is expected to provide a recommendation on how the dollars will be doled out. La-Politics-dot-com publisher Jeremy Alford says the state has misspent excess cash in the past…
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The Revenue Estimating Conference will also receive revenue projections for this fiscal year and next. Zeringue says they are expecting to hear that revenues this fiscal year are coming in higher than previously projected, but he warns the good budget times might not last much longer as a portion of the state’s sales tax will soon roll off the books…
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U-S Senate candidate Luke Mixon is criticizing Senator John Kennedy for voting to overturn the 2020 presidential results. Mixon is the lone announced Democratic challenger to Kennedy’s 2022 re-election bid. Mixon appeared at the Baton Rouge Press Club and says Kennedy betrayed his oath to the Constitution when he objected to Joe Biden’s victory in Arizona…
Kennedy told WWL-TV in New Orleans in May that he never thought the Presidential election was stolen but believed there were some irregularities.
In August, Kennedy voted against the one-trillion dollar infrastructure bill which eventually became law. Kennedy said only 23-percent of the bill is going to actual infrastructure and he says it will raise taxes on industry and increase the deficit.
But Mixon says the infrastructure bill will rebuild roads and crumbling water systems while also providing faster internet service in rural areas…
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Mixon entered the U-S Senate race in October. He’s a Bunkie native, a U-S Naval Academy graduate, and a decorated fighter pilot. The political newcomer says he wants to represent the best interest of all Louisiana citizens…
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NFL analyst Mike Detillier says figuring out the quarterback position is the number one priority for the Saints this offseason. Detillier does not believe the Saints starting quarterback in 2022 is currently on the roster and expects New Orleans to trade for a veteran Q-B
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Detillier says the second priority for the Saints is to make sure All-Pro receiver Michael Thomas is healthy for the 2022 season. He missed all of the 2021 season recovering from ankle surgery in June…
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Detillier says a major decision facing the Saints is whether to re-sign safety Marcus Williams and if they don’t, it’s a position they’ll have to address in the draft or free agency…