According to numbers from Gasbuddy-dot-com, the statewide average price for a gallon of regular gasoline has officially dropped below two-dollars a gallon. Jeff Palermo reports…
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A Thursday fundraiser in New Orleans raised $350,000 for Governor Bobby Jindal’s presidential campaign. Emilie Gunn has more…
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According to numbers from Gasbuddy-dot-com, the statewide average price for a gallon of regular gasoline has dropped below two-dollars a gallon. Senior Petroleum Analyst Gregg Laskoski says the average price has fallen to $1.99 a gallon. He says this downward pressure on gas prices was something they noticed in August…
South Carolina, Mississippi, and Alabama also have statewide average gas prices below two-dollars a gallon. Laskoski reminds motorists that $1.99 is Louisiana’s average price…
He says there are several stations in the West Monroe area have regular gas prices as low as $1.67. Laskoski doesn’t know just how low gas prices will go, but expects them to continue to fall through the rest of the year. He says today’s prices are a huge difference from last year…
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Former state Senator Derrick Shepherd, who spent time in jail on a money laundering charge, has been disqualified from the October 24th election. But a 1998 constitutional amendment prevents convicted felons from running for election unless they’ve been pardoned or 15 years since their prison sentence. Legal Analyst Chick Foret says Shepherd tried to use a technicality to get his name on the ballot.
Shepherd was seeking a return to the state legislature and qualified to run for a House seat based in Jefferson Parish. But state Judge Stephen Enright ruled on Friday that Shepherd’s name should be removed from the ballot. Foret says Shepherd can take his case to the Court of Appeals.
Shepherd was elected in 2003 to the state legislature and convicted in 2008 for being involved in a money laundering scheme. He was sentenced to 37 months in prison. Foret says the outcome of Friday’s ruling was very predictable and does not believe Shepherd can win on appeal.
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Governor Bobby Jindal raised $350,000 during a campaign fundraiser in New Orleans Thursday. LSU Political Science Professor Robert Hogan says despite mixed reviews the governor received for his performance in Wednesday’s debate, Jindal is still able to raise funds for his presidential campaign…
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In an email, the Jindal campaign says the fundraiser shows the governor’s debate performance resonated with supporters in Louisiana. Hogan feels many Republican candidates, including Jindal, are betting that front-runner Donald Trump will lose support and those votes have got to go somewhere…
The governor will resume campaign efforts in Iowa this weekend. Hogan says the key for Jindal is to beat expectations…
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The US House of Representatives passed two abortion related bills Friday. The Defund Planned Parenthood Act would freeze government funding for Planned Parenthood for one year. Lafayette Congressman Charles Boustany supported passage of the measure. He says he became an original co-sponsor of the bill after viewing the controversial leaked videos…
The bill passed on a 241-187 vote. Boustany says investigations are underway into the group’s practices and the public deserves to know the truth…
The Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act would establish criminal penalties on medical personnel who do not aid an infant born alive after an attempted abortion. Minden Representative John Fleming voted in favor of the bill saying it will put a stop to the double murder attempt on a baby’s life…
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