Louisiana congressional delegates react to White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki’s claim that the President is doing nothing to hamper U.S. oil & gas production. Kevin Gallagher has more…:
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Governor John Bel Edwards has vetoed the proposed Congressional district map because it does not have two majority-minority districts. Michelle Southern has more…
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With record high gas prices, should more Louisianans consider electric vehicles? David Grubb has the story…
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Louisiana congressional delegates react to White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki’s claim that the President is doing nothing to hamper U.S. oil & gas production. Psaki made the comment during a Monday press conference; saying there are 9000 oil & gas leases offshore that oil companies are choosing NOT to explore. Congressman Garret Graves says Psaki shows her ignorance of how exploration and leases work..:
Cut 4 (10) “…has blocked pipelines.”
Psaki told Fox news reporter Peter Doocy he should “ask the oil companies” why they’re not drilling. Senator Bill Cassidy says that remark made him laugh out loud. He says this administration has been very unfriendly to domestic oil & gas, and he cites the president’s early official act of cancelling the Keystone XL pipeline as a sign of what was to come…:
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Cassidy says Psaki’s comments were playing with words. He says the federal government has been dragging its feet on drilling permits ever since Mr. Biden took office…:
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Cassidy says the Biden White House has nominated a person to head the Federal Reserve who wants banks to stop lending for oil & gas exploration, and the administration has cancelled lease sales in the outer Continental Shelf.
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Governor John Bel Edwards has vetoed the proposed congressional district map approved by the Louisiana Legislature. The map does not include a second majority-minority district. ULM Political Science Professor Joshua Stockley says Edwards spoke with voting rights experts and came to this conclusion…
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African-American lawmakers say since 33-percent of the state’s population is Black, two of the state’s six Congressional districts should be majority-minority. But Republicans say two majority minority districts would dilute the black vote in those two districts, not producing the desired results. Stockley expects the GOP led Legislature to attempt to override the veto…
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Edwards has announced he signed the new maps for Public Service Commission and BESE, but he’s allowing re-drawn House and Senate district maps to become law without his signature. Stockley says the governor believes the Legislature should focus on the issues in the upcoming session and not be concerned about what their own districts will look like in 2023 elections…
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U-S Congressman Troy Carter announced that his office has secured 17 and a half million dollars to fund seven projects in the Second District. Carter says that the money, part of the 2022 Appropriations Bill, will fund projects to boost the local economy and improve the quality of life for people in southeast Louisiana.
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Three million dollars will go towards the construction of a new athletic stadium in the historic Ninth Ward of New Orleans. Carter says the project would create a first-of-its-kind facility that would primarily serve public schools in eastern New Orleans and act as an economic catalyst for the community.
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An additional three million will be used to renovate Woldenberg Park, which runs along the Mississippi River and the French Quarter. The park will receive upgrades to make it more accessible to people with disabilities, rejuvenate its green spaces, and replace benches to modernize the venue that hosts a number of local festivals each year.
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With gas prices setting record highs on an almost daily basis, many drivers may consider making the switch to hybrid or fully electric vehicles. Tyler Herrmann, co-coordinator at Louisiana Clean Fuels, says the answer isn’t that simple.
Herrmann says that one of the major advantages of electric cars is that “filling up the tank” takes place at home, and your typical daily drive should be well within the vehicle’s limits.
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The market is getting better for drivers of electric vehicles, with more than 16 million now on the road worldwide and sales in the U-S have doubled in the past year. Herrmann says Louisiana is ramping up the installation of charging stations around the state, which should spur even more converts to charge up rather than gas up.
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Will Wade leads the fifth-seeded LSU Tigers to the SEC men’s tournament in Tampa looking to find some momentum after going 9-9 in conference play. The Tigers won two of three to close the regular season, and have some of the top individual talents in the league. Wade thinks his team is playing more like the team that started the season 15-1, rather than the one that scuffled through the SEC.
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The Tigers are still one of the darlings of the Net Rankings that the NCAA selection committee uses to place teams in the tournament, and the SEC has six teams among the top 30 meaning the conference should be well represented come this Sunday when seedings are announced. Wade says that’s a testament to just how strong the conference has become.