Democratic Public Service Commissioner Foster Campbell and Republican State Treasurer John Kennedy lead the field in a hypothetical matchup in the first published poll on next year’s US Senate race. There are four other possible GOP candidates in the poll and UL-Lafayette Political Science Professor Pearson Cross says if all 5 Republicans run, things will get interesting…

cut 14 (11) “the runoff”

The seat is being vacated by Republican David Vitter.

The state legislature has formed a task force to begin work on developing legislation regarding the use of police body cameras. Lt. Colonel David Stanton, with State Police, says body camera technology is developing and that needs to be considered as they discuss rules for funding and training agencies…

cut 8 (06) “next year”

A bill was proposed earlier this year requiring all law enforcement officers in the state to have body cameras within the next two years.

December 15th is the deadline for Louisiana residents to purchase health insurance coverage that begins January 1st through the Affordable Care Act. Andy Slavitt, Acting Administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, urges consumers to not wait until the last minute and give yourself time to shop around for insurance coverage on healthcare-dot-gov…

cut 5 (06) “save some money”

Open enrollment ends on January 31st.

A pharmaceutical company out of Baton Rouge has created a therapeutic vaccine for prostate cancer. Phase one of the therapy vaccine, ProscaVax, developed by OncBioMune Pharmaceuticals Inc, has been approved by the FDA. CEO Jonathan Head says there is a huge need for this product and so far in trials it’s been a success with very little side effects…

cut 10 (06) “no toxicity”

Head says ProsaVax is a therapeutic vaccine that’s injected into the body after someone is diagnosed with prostate cancer.