NOAA weather forecasters predict that a very strong El Nino will bring some much needed rain to Louisiana in the coming months. Eric Gill has more…:
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A federal judge ruled this morning the state must continue funding Planned Parenthood at least 14 more days despite Governor Bobby Jindal’s fight to stop making payments to the clinics. The organization claims the state unlawfully canceled their Medicaid contracts. Jindal announced Louisiana would stop funding Planned Parenthood here after secretly taped videos surfaced allegedly showing its leaders discussing the sale of fetal tissue for profit. The group denies the allegation.
More than 55% of people in Louisiana feel the state is heading in the wrong direction according to a recent LSU Public Policy Research Lab report on the 2015 elections. Pollster Dr. Michael Henderson says it seems the closer we get to the October 24th primary, the more negative voters feel about the future of Louisiana…:
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Henderson says only 29-percent of voters surveyed thought the state was going in the right direction.
LSU kicker Trent Domingue will be big man on campus this week after scoring on a fake field goal to help the Tigers beat the previously unbeaten Florida Gators 35-28. Coach Les Miles called for Domingue to take a pitch from Brad Kragthorpe, then the place kicker did the rest , running 16 yards for the score…:
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Domingue was LSU’s second leading rusher, behind Leonard Fournette who had 180 yards and two touchdowns.