New Orleans lawyer Caroline Fayard is the first Democrat to get in Louisiana’s US Senate race. Jeff Palermo has the story..
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The Republican Party of Louisiana has launched their “Red to the Roots” campaign. Eric Gill has more…
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Southwest Louisiana kicks off Mardi Gras this week with a variety of parades and events. Emelie Gunn has more…
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We are expecting Governor John Bel Edwards will issue the call for a special legislative session very soon, possibly today. Jeremy Alford, with la-politics-dot-com, says the call outlines which tax measures the governor will ask legislators to vote on, to help close a 750-million dollar budget deficit for this fiscal year
cut 4 (10) “income tax brackets”
A three-and-a-half week special session is expected to start on February 14th. Alford says republicans in the legislature are pushing the governor to include in the call, opportunities where significant budget cuts can be made…
Republican legislators have expressed interest in making cuts that go beyond what Governor Edwards has suggested. But Alford says many lawmakers also realize that higher taxes are inevitable
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The Republican Party of Louisiana has launched their “Red to the Roots” campaign. The initiative is an effort to identify, engage, and register new conservative voters across Louisiana. Executive Director Jason Dore (DOOR-ay) says although the number of Republicans registering to vote is increasing, they’re not comfortable with some recent trends in voter registration…
He says the $2 million dollar campaign will put permanent boots on the ground in Louisiana with a primary focus of registering conservative voters. Dore believes this effort will not only help the GOP in this year’s presidential and US Senate elections, but in future elections as well…
As of February 1st, there are 1.3 million registered Democratic voters in the state, 828,000 Republicans, and 756,000 Independent/Other Party voters. Dore says it’s important to the Republican Party to have as many conservative voters registered in the state as possible…
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Everyone knows Mardi Gras festivities are huge in New Orleans, but southwest Louisiana has some great celebrations of their own. Meghan Hartman with the Lake Charles Southwest Convention and Visitors Bureau says Lake Charles has the second biggest Mardi Gras in the state. She says they’re proud of the fact their parades are family friendly…
Hartman says in Lake Charles this weekend there’s a Cajun gumbo cook-off, a community zydeco dance, The Krewe of Barkus Parade, and a children’s parade. She says people travel from all over to attend these Mardi Gras celebrations.
Hartman says every year the festivities get bigger and bigger in southwest Louisiana. She says this Mardi Gras the Society of American Travel Writers is coming in for a convention and to join in the celebrations…
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Several republicans are running in Louisiana’s US Senate race and now we have our first Democrat. New Orleans lawyer Caroline Fayard, who unsuccessfully ran for Lt. Governor in 2010, has announced she’s looking to replace outgoing Senator David Vitter. Pollster Bernie Pinsonat says we’ll wait to see if other Democrats get in…
It’s been rumored Public Service Commissioner Foster Campbell will also run for US Senate. Pinsonat says Fayard’s chances of winning would be increased if she’s the only major democrat in the race
Pinsonat says Fayard will get millions in donations from the legal community and her family has deep pockets too. Pinsonat says Fayard will also need a little help from the Republican candidates in the race
Cut 15 (08) “becoming governor”
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You can be sure there are plenty of fans in Louisiana who will be cheering on New Orleans native Peyton Manning and the Broncos in the Super Bowl Sunday. Isidore Newman High School football coach Nelson Stewart played with Manning for the Greenies from 1991-1993. He’s not surprised the 39-year-old is playing for his fourth Super Bowl, even though it was a difficult season
Some are wondering if this is going to be Manning’s last game of his hall of fame career. But Stewart says knowing Manning, his only focus right now is on Super Bowl 50…:
Stewart says their entire school at every grade level is getting together for a massive pep rally at 10 where they’ll be cheering and passing out orange and blue beads…: