It’s the first day of qualifying for the governor’s race and three of the major candidates signed up at the Secretary of State’s Office today to have their name on the October 14th ballot. Independent Hunter Lundy says he would like to raise the state’s minimum wage…
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Lundy and Democrat Shawn Wilson both said they would like to keep a temporary state sales tax on the books. Wilson says it’s needed to pay for vital services…
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Republican John Schroder also qualified and was asked about trailing front-runner Jeff Landry in the polls…
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Louisiana’s Agriculture Commissioner Mike Strain qualified for re-election today as he seeks a fifth term. Strain says since he took over in 2008, he’s saved taxpayers 350-million dollars in salaries, interest payments and other costs by streamlining the department…
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Strain says the department has also paid off debts and liabilities of over $120 million and also significantly decreased the department’s automotive and aviation fleets.

There has been an increase in COVID hospitalizations since the week of June 22nd. Director of Infectious Diseases at LSU Health New Orleans, Doctor Julio Figueroa, says COVID is still part of our present and future…
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The number of people hospitalized due to COVID is 108 according to the last report by L-D-H. Over 19-thousand people have died from the virus.