During debate over one of Secretary of State Nancy Landry’s election integrity bills in the House Governmental Affairs Committee, Lake Charles Democrat Wilford Carter accused Landry of working to deny people the right to vote by sending the voter rolls to the federal government for a citizenship check.
House Bill 691, which provides for the investigation of non-citizens found to be on the state’s voter rolls, advanced to the full House.
We now know what’s in the 20-year Master Plan for Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport. Walt Leger, the president of New Orleans and Company, says it includes, a second terminal facility, additional gates, an additional parking garage, and improvement to the roadway system. He says it’s important that they tackle the expansion now.
There’s a good possibility that Will Wade could return to Baton Rouge as LSU’s basketball coach. Andre Champagne has more.
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Studies have shown regular physical activity can slow down or prevent Alzheimer’s disease, but new research from a leading expert at LSU’s Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Dr. Jeffrey Keller says their study found that exercise and aggressive cardiovascular risk reduction successfully improved heart health but did NOT produce measurable cognitive benefits in older adults at risk for Alzheimer’s.
He says the study shows that exercise needs to be combined with medicine, cognitive behavior therapy and social interaction.