Another one of the big items on the 2015 runoff ballot on Saturday is the race for Lt. Governor. Michelle Southern reports…:
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The U.S. F-D-A has instated new policies to improve safety in imported seafood coming into the country. Emelie Gunn has more…
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Republican David Vitter takes a break from his gubernatorial campaign to file federal legislation that seeks to stop the influx of Syrian Refugees into the country. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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Governor Bobby Jindal has dropped out of the 2016 presidential race. In a statement, Jindal says it was an honor to run for President, but this is not his time. Publisher of lapolitics.com, Jeremy Alford, says there were several signs that Jindal’s campaign was not doing well…
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Alford says Jindal had a hard time gaining much support in a field that contained over a dozen candidates. He says bad press from Louisiana also followed him to the early primary states like Louisiana…
Jindal’s second term as governor ends in January. Alford says his administration has to deal with a midyear budget deficit and a deficit from last fiscal year. He also expects Jindal to tout the accomplishments that have occurred during his eight years as governor…
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has implemented new guidelines that calls for 100% screening of imported seafood before it enters the country. The new policy comes after U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy questioned the FDA when studies showed large amounts of bacteria in imported seafood…
Cassidy says our Louisiana producers are required to follow strict safety measures and we should demand that other countries do the same. He hopes this new policy will help local shrimpers.
For years, Louisiana shrimpers have complained about cheap imports flooding the market. Cassidy says this new guideline should reduce the amount of imported shrimp making it into the country.
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Another one of the big items on the 2015 runoff ballot on Saturday is the race for Lt. Governor. In a recent forum, both Republican Billy Nungesser and Democrat Kip Holden were asked what was the first thing they planned to do if they were elected to the state’s second highest post. Holden said he’s going to travel the state and find out what people want for their cities..:
Both candidates for governor have said they were going to immediately call a special session in 2016 to deal with the state’s budget woes. Nungesser says he’s going to put together a package to present to the legislature that would restore cuts to the state’s parks, museums and historical sites…:
The candidates were also asked what their single biggest, new idea would be to keep the tourism industry in Louisiana moving forward. Holden says he’d like to see towns and cities taking advantage of technology, websites and social media as a way to tell visitors what we’re all about…:
Nungesser said he’d focus on promoting prominent areas of the state that many outsiders don’t know about. He says one of the elements in Louisiana that often gets overlooked, for example, is the horse industry…:
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Republican Senator David Vitter is pushing his federal legislation that would stop the influx of refugees from Syria in the United States. During a speech on the Senate floor, Vitter says verification safeguards are not in place to confirm that each refugee doesn’t pose a security threat to the country
The legislation is in response to the deadly terrorist attacks in Paris that were performed by members of ISIS. The senator says one of the terrorists entered France by posing as a Syrian refugee. Vitter says the Paris attacks show the US can’t have lax policies when it comes to this issue…
Vitter’s opponent in the governor’s race, Democrat John Bel Edwards, calls the Senator’s bill a last ditch effort to save his political career. Edwards’ campaign spokesperson, Mary-Patricia Wray….
Wray says they’ve also learned that Vitter missed three Congressional hearings on Syrian refugee resettlement…