The two candidates for governor touched on several key policy issues during last night’s televised LPB debate. They are split on many matters including the direction they believe healthcare should be headed in the state. Democrat John Bel Edwards says he would immediately expand the traditional Medicaid program as governor, and it should have already been done…:
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But Vitter says that would cripple the state financially and the US Senator would only consider Medicaid expansion on Louisiana’s terms.

Voters finally seem to be paying more attention to this race as Secretary of State Tom Schedler says early voting numbers for the November 21st runoff are higher than they were for the primary. Polls are closed today in observance of Veterans Day, but will reopen tomorrow morning between 8:30-6 through Saturday.

The Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Office says a man is dead and another is behind bars after a fight escalated between the two over a dog. They believe the suspect, 38-year-old Danny Breaux of Raceland, arranged to buy the dog from 39-year-old Duong Tran, but ended up not paying for it. Cops say during a fight over the matter, Breaux beat Tran to death in a street. He will be booked on a charge of second-degree murder.

State Police says they’ve arrested a Shreveport Firefighter who was busted trying to meet up with what he thought to be a 13-year-old and her mother for a sex act, while he was on duty at the station. Trooper Matt Harris says 35-year-old Brian Garza was chatting online and believed he was talking to the juvenile and arranged a meet up…:
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But he was met by troopers instead and Harris said charged with indecent behavior with a juvenile, computer aided solicitation of a minor and prostitution.