The first electoral event in the 2016 presidential race happens today with the Iowa Caucus. Eric Gill reports…
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DHH’s Own You Own Health Challenge to combat obesity is now underway. Emelie Gunn has more…
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Governor John Bel Edwards says he’s not breaking a campaign promise by proposing higher taxes to solve the state’s budget crisis. Jeff Palermo has more…
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The presidential race kicks up a notch today with the Iowa Caucus, the first electoral event in the 2016 presidential race. Many candidates who have won the Iowa Caucus, went on to win their party’s nomination. ULM Political Science Professor Joshua Stockley thinks it will be a tight race in the Republican caucus between Donald Trump and Ted Cruz…
Eight of the last 10 Republican presidential nominees placed first or second in the Iowa Caucus. Louisiana’s presidential primary is March 5th. On the Democratic side, Stockley says Hillary Clinton is in an unexpected dogfight with Bernie Sanders…
Stockley predicts Clinton will pull out a close victory in Iowa. The last five Democratic presidential nominees won the Iowa Caucus. Stockley says this presidential race is proving to be very interesting….
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The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals’ Own Your Own Health Challenge is underway. The challenge, which runs until April 25th, is designed to help Louisianans become more active and create a healthier lifestyle. Director of the Governor’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports Rudy Macklin says there are two components to the challenge…
To register visit o-y-o-h-l-a-dot-com. Macklin says the challenge allows you to create teams or work individually to compete against other people in a weight loss challenge with the chance to win a prize. He says the second component helps participants learn what questions to ask when visiting the doctor.
The O-Y-O-H challenge focuses on obesity in minorities where it is the most prevalent. Macklin says the 2015 challenge was a success with 16-thousand participants, including many ethnic groups. He says the program allows you to chat and motivate people around the state.
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February is American Heart Month and health experts are promoting initiatives in an attempt to prevent one million heart attacks and strokes in the US. Professor at Tulane University’s School of Medicine, Dr. Keith Ferdinand, says heart disease is the number one killer of Louisiana residents and many of the deaths could be prevented through healthy living habits…
Ferdinand says African American men experience the highest risk for heart disease and hypertension. He advises patients to know their ABC’s when talking to healthcare providers…
Ferdinand says the 5 healthy living habits they suggest are, staying active, using aspirin, monitoring blood pressure, cholesterol management and don’t smoke. He says it’s hard to change your lifestyle completely, but starting out with one modification can greatly improve your health.
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Governor John Bel Edwards argues against those who say he is breaking a campaign promise by proposing to raise taxes to address Louisiana’s massive budget shortfall. Edwards says the proposals he’s made are different than talked about during the election, because the facts are different. He also says these proposals are not what he wanted, but necessary…
Edwards says during his campaign the state’s financial situation wasn’t as bad as it is now. He says next fiscal year’s 1.9 billion dollar shortfall does not have an additional dollar accounted for inflation or anything else…
State Treasurer John Kennedy has said there is no need to raise taxes to balance the budget, but Edwards says Kennedy is trying to boost his US Senate campaign.
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Major changes are coming to the LHSAA after member principals voted to expand the select–nonselect championships to basketball, baseball and softball, starting with the 2016-17 school year. 40-percent of the schools are opposed to this move. But LHSAA executive director Eddie Bonine says a majority of the association is pleased with what happened
Friday’s vote will create 12 champions in basketball, baseball and softball, seven on the nonselect side and five on the select side. Where these additional championship games will be played, still has to be sorted out. Bonine says there are concerns the expanded the split could result in the loss of the LHSAA’s title sponsor, the Allstate Sugar Bowl
Many high school fans are disappointed that split playoffs is expanding from football to other sports. Bonine says he would like to survey coaches and student-athletes to see what they think…
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The LSU men’s basketball team nearly upset the number one ranked team in the country on Saturday, but they couldn’t hold a double-digit second half lead and ended up losing to Oklahoma 77-75. Tim Quarterman led the Tigers in scoring with 18 points as he was 5-for-5 from three point territory…
LSU’s Ben Simmons had 14 points, but only took one shot in the final 10 minutes of the game. Coach Johnny Jones says his teammates need to do a better job feeding the post…