Qualifying for the closed primaries is underway. Andrew Greenstein is at the Louisiana State Archives in Baton Rouge and has a look at who’s qualified so far for U.S. Senate.
Cut 1 (35) “…I’m Andrew Greenstein.”
With Letlow running for U-S Senate, that leaves her fifth District Congressional seat vacant. Nine people have qualified to run in that election, including two Republican lawmakers Rick Edmonds from Baton Rouge and Blake Miguez from New Iberia. The Chairperson for the Board of Regents, Misti Cordell, will also compete for the Republican nomination.
A temporary bill aimed at stopping some welfare fraud is now permanent as President Trump signed Senator John Kennedy’s bill, Ending Improper Payments to Deceased People Act. Previously, the Social Security Administration needed congressional approval to share the master file of names of deceased people with other agencies. This act makes permanent that temporary law that allowed the information to keep improper payments from being sent to dead people. Kennedy says it saved the federal government at least 330-Million dollars in improper payments since December of 2023.
Former LSU and Neville football star Will Campbell did not have a good game in the Super Bowl as his Patriots lost to the Seahawks. The rookie offensive tackle waited until Tuesday to talk to reporters and said the knee he injured in the regular season, is still not 100-percent, but he’s not making excuses…
Cut 12 (07) “…I was healthy”