In the Shreveport Mayoral race, Tom Arceneaux defeated Democrat Greg Tarver in Saturday’s run-off election. Arceneaux received 56-percent of the vote to Tarver’s 44-percent. LSU Shreveport political science professor Jeffrey Sadow says Arceneaux did a better job in getting his base to the polls…
Cut 3 (06) “…ten points better”
Arceneaux is an attorney and former Shreveport councilman. Tarver will remain a state senator representing a portion of Caddo Parish.
Flu cases are at the highest level in five years in Louisiana and COVID cases are on the uptick. State Health Officer Dr. Joe Kanter says getting your flu shot and booster now will give your body time to bolster immunity before the height of gatherings…:
As Florida’s legislature begins a special session to address the state’s property insurance crisis, thousands of Louisiana property owners are forced to find new private insurance carriers as many companies are either folding or no longer writing policies in Louisiana. Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon says a possible solution is an incentive program, similar to the one used after Katrina and Rita, which led to new private insurance companies in Louisiana…:
United Property & Casualty just became the 10th company to exit Louisiana.
Nicholls State Biosciences Associate Professor Chris Bonvillain is conducting research on crawfish and how they survive in waters with low-oxygen levels. He says it appears they are maturing smaller in size, and he believes stress poor water quality can reduce number of eggs found in crawfish…