In a CNN/ORC survey conducted after last week’s debates of Republican voters in Iowa, just 2% said they’d choose Governor Bobby Jindal as the GOP Presidential candidate. UL-Lafayette Political Science Professor Pearson Cross says this isn’t good news for Jindal…

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Donald Trump led the poll with 22% followed by Ben Carson at 14%.

Louisiana shrimpers continue to show their anger over a lack of federal regulations that is flooding the market with cheap imported shrimp and damaging the industry in the US. Louisiana Shrimp Association President Clint Guidry says the future of the shrimp industry hangs in the balance…

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The group led a protest in New Orleans outside the venue where the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council is holding meetings this week.

New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu is holding public hearings today on the removal of Confederate statues in the city, but Senator David Vitter says Landrieu should be more concerned about murder than monuments. Vitter says this is a response to Landrieu’s criticism of his performance in Washington when it comes to federal aid for cops…

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Vitter, who is running for governor, said during a State Police forum last weekend he feels there should be a whole new troop in New Orleans focused on the French Quarter and funded by local revenue and tourism pledges.