The U.S. House passes a new defense spending bill containing a lot of money for Louisiana military bases. More from Don Molino…:
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The state Department of Health says more cases of monkeypox are turning up. Kevin Gallagher reports all cases so far are in and around New Orleans…:
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State Police is seeking the public’s help in finding a gunman who exited a vehicle and fatally shot one person and injured two others in Richland Parish. Master Trooper Javier Leija says the fatal shooting took place late Wednesday afternoon in Delhi…
Leija says they are searching for a Chevrolet Tahoe that was involved in the shooting…
22-year-old Quattrous Jones of Delhi was pronounced dead at the scene. The other two victims suffered non-life threatening injuries and were treated at a local hospital. Leija says if anyone has information they should contact the North Delta Crime Stoppers…
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The U.S. House has passed a new National Defense Authorization Act; a spending bill containing hundreds-of-millions for projects Louisiana military facilities. Louisiana District 4 Congressman Mike Johnson is on a House Armed services sub-committee. He says it’s pleasing to see substantial investments at bases so important to the state’s fiscal picture…:
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The NDAA for the 2023 federal fiscal year contains an additional $61-million to build a new Joint Operations Center at Fort Polk, and $125-million for the planned Weapons Generating Facility at Barksdale. Johnson explain why the WGY is needed…:
When deployed, Barksdale’s B-52 have to first fly to Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota to receive their bomb payload, before proceeding on mission. The WGY will cut mission time, by having those munitions available at Barksdale. Johnson expects the defense bill will go to the President’s desk without a partisan fight…:
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The Senate must now pass it’s version of the bill.
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Many Entergy customers are seeing higher electricity bills this summer. The utility company warned its customers before the summer started that their utility bill will go up, because of storm repairs and higher natural gas costs. Public Service Commissioner Foster Campbell still believes the power company is charging ratepayers too much…
But fellow Public Service Commissioner Eric Skrmetta told Fox 8 TV in New Orleans that Louisiana has some of the lowest rates in the nation. But Campbell believes rates would go down in Louisiana if Entergy didn’t have a monopoly on most of the state…
Campbell says he’s upset rising energy prices are making it difficult on Louisiana families, while Entergy’s stockholders and CEO see more money….
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Entergy says it can not stop paying dividends to its shareholders.
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President Joe Biden is in Saudi Arabi where he’ll urge the Middle Eastern country to produce more oil. Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy says the President doesn’t have to travel halfway across the globe in order to increase the supply of oil….
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National media reports say it’s unlikely Saudi Arabia will quickly react to the President’s request, instead any potential announcement would wait until next month when OPEC-plus meets. Cassidy says the President would get faster and better results if he wasn’t determined to stop domestic oil and gas production…
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The Biden administration has placed restrictions on fossil fuel development in the United States as a way to combat climate change. But Cassidy asks would you rather want Saudi Arabi to produce the oil or America…