The Public Affairs Research Council has made available on its website a guide to help voters understand the constitutional amendments that will appear on the November fourth ballot. Scott Carwile has the story…
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A new poll shows Democratic former Governor Edwin Edwards making the runoff in the 6th District Congressional race, but finishing second in four different runoff scnarios. Eric Gill reports…
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In a nationally televised interview, Stephanie Hayden Ford, the daughter and co-star of Will Hayden on the now-cancelled “Sons of Guns” television show, says her father inappropriately touched her when she was 12-years-old. Eric Gill has more…
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There are 14 constitutional amendments on the November fourth ballot and the Public Affairs Research Council has released a guide to help voters understand the potential impact of each proposition. PAR President Robert Scott says the guide provides an objective review of all 14 amendments…
(The guide can be found at parlouisiana.org)
The first two amendments deal with health care funding. Scott says amendment one would protect the Louisiana Medical Assistance Trust Fund, while amendment two sets up an amendment that will help hospitals pay for uninsured and those on Medicaid
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Scott anticipates there will also be a lot of talk about amendment five, which will eliminate the mandatory retirement age of judges
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The LSU Board of Supervisors will meet today and they are expected to extend Athletic Director Joe Alleva’s contract through 2019. Alleva’s base pay will reportedly remain at $725,000 a year plus incentives. Assistant Tiger Rag Editor James Moran says Alleva has done well in helping to generate funds for new facilities and the expansion of Tiger Stadium…
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Alleva officially started at LSU on July 1st, 2008 and was formerly the athletics director at Duke. Moran says even though the basketball program has been floundering during Alleva’s tenure, there are many significant LSU athletic programs that have more than flourished…:
Moran says the LSU football team has had extreme success over the last several years under Alleva. He says the success on the field is thanks to coach Les Miles but Alleva has given Les a lot to work with…:
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A new poll shows Democratic former Governor Edwin Edwards making the runoff in the 6th District Congressional race, but that same survey shows Edwards finishing second in four different runoff scenarios. But pollster Darrell Glascock says you shouldn’t count out Edwards, just yet. He says Edwards has significant numbers as respondents second choice…
Edwards garnered 32-percent of the vote in The Glascock Group poll, which would seem to guarantee him a runoff spot. However, the former governor has trouble breaking 45-percent of the vote in any hypothetical runoff. Glascock says when it comes to runoff elections, traditionally half of voters don’t return to the polls. He says that could play in the favor of Edwards…
The big question remaining in the race is “Who will join Edwards in the runoff?” Glascock counts four Republican contenders that could generate enough support to land in the runoff: state Senator Dan Claitor, Paul Dietzel, Garret Graves, and state Representative Lenar Whitney. He thinks this will come down to the wire…
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In a nationally televised interview, Stephanie Hayden Ford, the daughter and co-star of Will Hayden on the now-cancelled “Sons of Guns” television show, says her father inappropriately touched her when she was 12-years-old. Ford told the “Dr. Phil” show that her father allegedly came to her room drunk one evening, sat her in his lap and began touching her and kissing on her chest…
Hayden remains in the East Baton Rouge Parish Jail in lieu of bail. Ford said that she had basically repressed the memory until her little sister told her grandfather about alleged inappropriate behavior on the part of Hayden. Ford says she’s telling her story now because her sister needs her…
Hayden’s attorney, C. Frank Holthaus, cautioned against emotional reactions and urged people to give the court process time to let the truth come out. Ford says she stands by her story and if the allegations are proven true, her father should go to jail for a long time…
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The ULM Warhawks head to Baton Rouge on Saturday as heavy underdogs. The 10th ranked Bayou Bengals are favorite to win by 31 points in the recently expanded Tiger Stadium. ULM Coach Todd Berry says his senior class has played in front of a lot of big crowds, so he expects them to be able to focus on the task at hand on Saturday night
This will be the third meeting between the two teams. They last played in 2010 and the Tigers won 51 to 0. Berry says LSU’s offense has a different look to it now, because of second-year offensive coordinator Cam Cameron
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The Saints head to Cleveland where they’ll look to avoid an 0-and-2 start to the 2014 NFL season. New Orleans is favorite to win, but Quarterback Drew Brees says the Browns have a ton of talent
The Saints defense is looking to rebound after a poor performance against Atlanta last week. Safety Jairus Byrd says they’ve spent most of this week working on fundamentals