The first day of qualifying for this year’ s federal elections has concluded and John Fleming of Minden was the first Republican to officially enter the Senate Republican Primary. Fleming says he’s the true conservative in the race, more so than incumbent Bill Cassidy and Julia Letlow…
Cut 4 (10) “…65-percent”
The lone Democrat to qualify for the Democratic primary is Tensas Parish farmer Jamie Davis. Davis says at the end of the day, everyone has the same feelings about what’s happening in Washington…
Cut 5 (09) “…tired of it”
Several candidates signed up to represent the Fifth District Congressional District. That seat is being vacated by Letlow. Qualifying continues through Friday afternoon.
President Trump has signed a bill aimed at stopping some welfare fraud. Senator John Kennedy’s bill, Ending Improper Payments to Deceased People Act allows the Social Security Administration to share the Death Master File with the Treasury Department so they can discontinue payments to recipients who have passed away.
Kennedy says this legislation will save the American taxpayer hundreds of millions of dollars.
A huge meth bust leads to a federal indictment against two foreign nationals. U.S. Attorney Kurt Wall says it’s the result of a traffic stop along I-12 and Livingston Parish Sheriff deputies found 64 kilograms of a mixture containing methamphetamine in the vehicle.
Cut 13 (10) “…pounds of methamphetamine.”
The Justice Department says the two men are citizens of Honduras and El Salvador and are in the country illegally.