Thursday night’s presidential debate was a memorable one. Mel Bridges has the details from Tulane Associate Professor of Political Science Brian Brox.
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To safeguard the public from imported seafood that’s contaminated and help the state’s seafood industry, Congressman Troy Carter introduces a bill with Congressman Clay Higgins. Brooke Thorington has more.
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The first presidential debate of the 2024 campaign season was last night, leaving Americans with a wide array of feelings about the two likely presidential nominees. Tulane Associate Professor of Political Science Brian Brox says former President Trump delivered about what was expected from him…
However, Brox says President Biden, who was looking to dispel rumors about his poor mental abilities, had much worse stage presence than Trump.
Ultimately, Brox thinks this debate is only likely to swing undecided voters, and he stresses there’s plenty of time between now and the election for Biden’s campaign to recover. Plus, he says, this debate was more style than substance.
The next presidential debate will be in September.
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Congressman Troy Carter introduces bipartisan legislation with Congressman Clay Higgins to protect Americans from contaminated seafood. He says far too often foreign products that fail inspections are not destroyed and make it back into the food chain. The bill empowers the FDA to close the loophole and destroy imports that are…
He says the bill protects consumers and the state’s seafood industry. Carter says the cheaper imports cut into the profits of Louisiana Seafood farmers who are following the safety guidelines.
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Carter says this bipartisan bill demonstrates while he and Higgins might not agree philosophically on everything…
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Carter says the bill would better protect consumers from contamination and Louisiana’s seafood industry.
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New Orleans Democrat Representative Mandie Landry posted her thoughts about the presidential debate on social media. She says said even though she couldn’t watch it on TV and get the full impact she did watch it on her cellphone.
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Because of the extreme differences in the personalities of President Biden and former President Trump, Landry says she wasn’t surprised how they came across. She believes Biden…
Amid talk that the Democratic Party could opt to choose another nominee instead of Biden, Landry still believes the current administration is the better option.
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Hometown hero Alyson Habetz was introduced today as U-L Lafayette’s new head softball coach. Habetz had a Hall of Fame playing career as a Cajuns softball player and after a 25-year run as an assistant coach at Alabama, she’s back home at her alma mater
Habetz helped lead the Cajuns to the Women’s College World Series in 1993 and won a national championship in 2012 as Alabama’s associate head coach. She takes over a program that’s dominated the Sun Belt Conference but has not been to the W-C-W-S since 2014…
Former head coach Gerry Glasco’s decision to leave the program for Texas Tech led to several players entering the transfer portal, including Sun Belt Player of the Year Mihyia Davis, Sun Belt newcomer of the year Brooke Ellestad, Lauren Allred and catcher Victoria Valdez. Habetz says she spoke to those players about staying at U-L