Qualifying for the fall elections begins today and runs through Thursday. Michelle Southern reports on the official kickoff of the campaign season…:
CUT 1 (30) “I’m Michelle Southern”
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Louisiana motorists are enjoying gas prices around two dollars a gallon, but there is a downside. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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A study finds we might be seeing the end of an active hurricane period that we’ve been experiencing since the mid-1990s. Emelie Gunn has more…
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Qualifying for the fall elections begins today and runs through Thursday. The gubernatorial primary is October 24th and in the event of a runoff, voting day would be November 21. UL-Lafayette Political Science Professor Pearson Cross says traditionally this is the official kickoff of the campaign season..:
Cross says even though polls have been fairly inconsistent, he still sees Republican Senator David Vitter and Democrat John Bel Edwards in a runoff. He says Republicans Scott Angelle and Jay Dardenne will be making hard pushes to get past Edwards for the runoff spot…:
Cross says at this point voters know an election is coming up, but don’t know who all the candidates are. He says people have started seeing the signs but not really taken the time to get information..:
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There’s actually a downside for Louisiana motorists when gas prices are low. And that is higher insurance rates. The Insurance Information Institute says more people are driving now and when more people drive, there are more accidents, which leads to higher insurance costs. Louisiana Insurance Commissioner, Jim Donelon, blames distracted driving for an increase in wrecks
Donelon says there are several factors that go into how a person’s insurance premium is determined. He says a recent study from bank-rate-dot-com, why Louisiana insurance rates are so high
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Donelon says it’s up to the motoring public to help reduce the number of crashes on our roads and law enforcement has role in that as well….
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The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals is assisting in the recall of cucumbers because of a salmonella outbreak across several states. State Health Officer Dr. Jimmy Guidry says we’ve seen three cases in Louisiana that could possibly be linked to the contaminated cucumbers. He says they’re working with distributors to get the vegetable off the shelves.
Guidry says there aren’t many restaurants or stores that were carrying these cucumbers. He says if you have cucumbers in your kitchen, make sure they are not Andrew and Williamson Fresh Produce.
Guidry says the three cases of salmonella in Louisiana did not result in any kind of long-term health effects, but it’s still a nasty infection that can ruin your day…
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According to a study in the Nature Geoscience journal future hurricane seasons in the Atlantic could feature weaker and fewer storms. State Climatologist Barry Keim says there is evidence that we could be entering a period where the tropics are relatively quiet…
Hurricane researchers say changes in ocean patterns, like low sea surface temperatures and salinity levels, have caused hurricane activity to increase or decrease for long periods of time since the 1800s. Keim says we’ve been in an active period since the mid 1990s and there’s a possibility that we could be taking a brief pause….
Keim says only time will tell whether we are entering a quieter period for hurricanes…
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By not playing a full game against McNeese State on Saturday, sophomore quarterback Brandon Harris missed out on some valuable reps. But Coach Les Miles says Harris prepared well for the Cowboys and expects that same level of preparation to continue for the new season opener
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Mississippi State went on the road for its season opener and beat Southern Miss. Miles says the cancellation of the McNeese State game will not be used as an excuse for how they perform against the Bulldogs