13:30 Newscall August 20, 2014

Incumbent US Senator Mary Lanrdrieu and her main challenger, Republican Congressman Bill Cassidy, have both officially signed up for the November Senate election. Cassidy says most people agree that this country is going in the wrong direction under President Obama and Landrieu is part of the problem for supporting the President 97% of the time..

cut 11 (09) “clearly we differ“

Landrieu says Cassidy is doing everything he can to avoid talking about the real issues of this campaign.
Despite a judge’s ruling that lifts the Jindal administration’s suspension of contracts for the tests tied to Common Core, Commissioner of Administration Kristi Nichols is still concerned a legal contract is not in place to give out the exam known as PARCC…

cut 14 (07) “of those tests”

After Nichols spoke, State Education Superintendent John White said Judge Todd Hernandez’s ruling is clear and it says the current contract can be used to provide tests tied to Common Core.

A former LSU tight end has pleaded guilty to three counts of attempted second degree murder in a 2011 shooting at a truck stop casino in Port Allen. Demetri Robinson, a member of LSU’s 2003 National Championship team, shot a cashier and fired at two others after being asked to leave the establishment. Assistant District Attorney Tony Clayton says Robinson is facing a lengthy stay behind bars…

cut 8 (08) “150 years”

The sentencing hearing is scheduled for November 5th.

The National Hurricane Center is watching a disturbance in the Atlantic. That tropical wave is given a medium chance of developing into a named storm in the next 48 hours. State climatologist Barry Keim says we’ll need to start keeping a close eye on the tropics as we are heading into the busy part of the season…

cut 4 (09) “week period”

He says it’s not a surprise to see tropics starting to get active.