The political news website Politico reports that Governor Bobby Jindal is still not polling high enough to be included in the first Republican televised debate. Scott Carwile has more…
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According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, speeding caused at least 27 percent of traffic fatalities in Louisiana in 2013. Emelie Gunn has more…
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The lifestyle digital publication PureWow has named Thibodaux as one of the 12 cutest small towns in America. Michelle Southern reports…:
Cut 3 (31) “I’m Michelle Southern”
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The political news website Politico reports that Governor Bobby Jindal is still not polling high enough to be included in the first Republican televised debate. They are basing their prediction on a recent Washington Post/ABC poll where Jindal received just two-percent of the vote. LaPolitics-dot-com Publisher Jeremy Alford says this does not bode well for the governor…
Fox News will host the first debate on August 6th and only the top 10 contenders based on an average of recent polls will be invited. Alford says that while Jindal would prefer to be on that stage, his exclusion would kind of play into his hands…
Jindal’s campaign says a recent Monmouth University poll showing the governor with a 59-percent favorability rating among Iowa voters is a sign that Jindal is gaining momentum. However, Alford says Jindal is definitely behind where he wants to be at this point in the campaign…
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According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, speed accounted for at least 27 percent of traffic deaths, killing 193, in Louisiana in 2013. State Police Sgt. Nick Manale says the faster the vehicle is going, the less reaction time the driver has.
The data found that young male drivers out of all age groups were most likely to be speeding at the time of fatal crashes. Manale says getting young men to slow down is a combination of educating and enforcing.
34 percent of motorcycle riders involved in fatal crashes in 2013 were also speeding. Manale says the majority of motorcycle accidents they see are single vehicle crashes. He says state police offers additional training for motorcyclists to ensure they learn how to stay safe on the road.
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The lifestyle digital publication PureWow has named Thibodaux as one of the 12 cutest small towns in America. The article says the picks were based on places which loads of charm, festivals and quaint locations. Kathy Benoit, President of the Thibodaux Chamber of Commerce, says they are thrilled about this latest designation…:
Also on the PureWow list are places like Levenworth, Washington, Carmel-By-The-Sea, California, Charlottesville, Virginia and Fayetteville Arkansas. Benoit says Thibodaux is very historic with plenty of spots on the National Register…:
Benoit says they had a young man come into their office earlier this week for some information about the town as he was moving there from another city. She says he couldn’t stop raving about how friendly the people of Thibodaux are…:
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A spokesperson for the Louisiana National Guard says they are still putting a policy in place so they can follow Governor Bobby Jindal’s executive order that allows guardsmen to be armed at military facilities. Colonel Pete Schneider says as part of their planning, they are determining which officers should be issued a government weapon for security purposes while on national guard property…
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Jindal issued the executive order last Friday after a gunman fatally shot four Marines and a sailor at two military centers in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Schneider says Louisiana’s major national guard bases have full-time force protection personnel, but their armories and recruiting offices do not have this type of security
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Schneider says unit commanders will determine which guardsmen will be armed once they arrive at a National Guard facility
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