Louisiana get a real taste of winter at the start of next week. LRN meteorologist Bill Jacquemin has the latest…
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While some say changing to a closed-party primary is too expensive and not fair, Governor Landry’s administration says otherwise. Brooke Thorington has more.
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Nick Saban is heading into retirement after winning seven national championships, six of them at Alabama and one at LSU in 2003. Former LSU quarterback Marcus Randall played for Saban and there’s a reason why he’s considered the greatest college football coach of all time.
Randall was LSU’s starting quarterback for Saban’s final season in Baton Rouge. He left to coach for the Miami Dolphins. Randall says if Saban stayed at LSU, the Tigers would have had a dynasty,,,,
Saban had a 48-16 record at LSU, winning two SEC championships and a national title in 2003. Saban began coaching at Alabama in 2007, winning six national titles and nine conference titles. Randall says there will never be another Saban…
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The debate over moving to closed-party primary elections versus the current open process in Louisiana is being met with opposition. But Brent Littlefield, longtime political advisor to Governor Jeff Landry, says there’s a campaign underway to confuse lawmakers and the public about the issue.
JMC Analytics and Polling estimates a change would cost the state an extra $90 million annually. Littlefield says such numbers are speculative and exaggerated…
With the transition, politically unaffiliated voters would only be able to vote in the general election and not the primary. Those against say voters who aren’t registered with a political party would be disenfranchised. Littlefield says that’s a false talking point.
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During next week’s redistricting session for both the congressional and judicial maps, Littlefield says legislation for closed-party primary elections will be introduced.
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There’s a crawfish crisis ongoing because of last year’s drought. LSU Ag Center crawfish specialist Mark Shirley is predicting this could be the worst season ever. Agriculture Commissioner Mike Strain says he’s spoken to a few farmers who have pressed pause on fishing…
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Strain says expect to pay more crawfish this season…
Strain says they’ll have a better idea in three weeks on how bad the season might be…
Strain remains optimistic there will be a good supply of crawfish once Easter rolls around.