It’ll be U-S Representative Julia Letlow versus Tensas Parish crop farmer Jamie Davis in the race for U-S Senate come November. That after Letlow defeated State Treasurer John Fleming with 27 percent of the vote for the Republicans and Davis took 80 percent of the vote against opponent Gary Crocket on the Democratic side Saturday. Despite those numbers, political analyst Bernie Pinsonat says Letlow will likely win easily on November third…
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In other election news, State Representative Stephanie Hilferty of New Orleans earned the GOP nod for the District 1 Public Service Commission race. Hilferty will face Connie Norris, a consumer utility advocate from Slidell in the November election. And it’ll be Republican Joseph Cao in the District 1 race for the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education for the Republicans. The former congressman from Harvey will face Angela Hershey, a retired teacher from Madisonville on November 3rd.
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Researchers at LSU Health Shreveport are finding new ways to prevent heat-related illness in high school athletes. Kace Kieschnick reports.
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Governor Landry vetoed 78 projects from three budget bills, slashing more than 12-million dollars from the state’s budget in the process. Melinda Deslatte with the Public Affairs Research Council says this year’s vetoes were aimed at Democratic districts.