The Louisiana Inspector General found that between 2011 and 2013, over half a million dollars in non-refundable airline tickets were purchased by state entities, but never used. Scott Carwile reports…
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Starting today a brand new license plate will be available to Louisiana drivers boasting, “I’m Creole, and Proud.” Michelle Southern has that…:
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The Saints finally picked up their first win of the season as New Orleans defeated Minnesota 20-9. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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The Louisiana Inspector General has issued a set of recommendations for state agencies to stop wasting airline tickets. Stephen Street’s office found that between 2011 and 2013, over half a million dollars in non-refundable airline tickets were purchased by state entities, but never used. Street says his office is mandated to find and eliminate waste and this is a classic example of waste…
Cut 4 (09) “thousands of dollars”
The report shows that nearly 12-hundred non-refundable airline tickets expired, but could have been used within one year to pay for another ticket. Street says the topic was addressed in a previous report in 2010 and the results of that report were similar to this year’s…
Cut 5 (12) “that is happening”
Street says, in tight budget times, we have to be especially careful about this sort of waste of taxpayer money. He says the report includes a set of recommendations for the Office of State Travel to ensure unused airline tickets are not wasted…
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Starting today a brand new license plate will be available to Louisiana drivers boasting, “I’m Creole, and Proud.” Lafayette Representative Vincent Pierre says he lead the effort to make this happen because he wanted to give more exposure to the Creole culture. He says one of the plate’s features is a black pot…:
Pierre says the Creole plate also features an accordion to represent Zydeco music. He says there’s also a scrub board on the specialty item…:
Pierre says the design also includes a fleur de lis to tie it all together in representing Louisiana. He says you can get it as soon as the DMVs open today for $30 plus fees. Pierre says the funds that are generated from the Creole plate will go to the French Immersion Program…:
CUT 9 (07) “along with the community”
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Autumn begins today. State Climatologist Barry Keim says fall officially begins tonight at 9:29PM. Keim forecasts normal temperatures across the state for the next three months…
Above average rainfall is predicted for Lousiana over the next three months due to expected El Nino conditions forming over the Gulf of Mexico. Keim says this El Nino event has been predicted to form as far back as May…
Keim says, as we get into the fall season, fronts will start coming through and temperatures will begin to fall across the state…
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Secretary of State Tom Schedler is advising voters to study up on their November fourth ballot, because they’ve had a record number of candidates who have withdrawn from their respective races since qualifying. Schedler says 110 candidates have dropped out of their race and the printed ballot may not reflect the change in the number of candidates…
Cut 13 (08) “withdrawn candidates”
Many of names of withdrawn candidates will remain on the ballot because it is required by law that these ballots are made 45 days from the election. Schedler says local election commissioners are supposed to inform voters at polling stations of withdrawn candidates on the ballot…
Even a US Senate candidate has withdrawn from the race and that is Raymond Brown. Schedler says, with that, there will be withdrawn candidates on the ballot in every single parish. Schedler says you can always go to GeauxVote-dot-com to keep yourself updated…
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Northwestern State scored 20 4th quarter points to come from behind and upset their long time rival Louisiana Tech 30 to 27. Chris Moore’s 47-yard field goal with no time left was the game winner. It was Northwestern’s first win over an FBS opponent since 2005 and the Demons first win over the Bulldogs since 1979. Northwestern Coach Jay Thomas says it’s like a dream…
The Bulldogs had a ten point lead going into the 4th quarter, but eight penalties and five turnovers finally caught up with them. Tech Head Coach Skip Holtz says they were ready to play, but they couldn’t overcome the mistakes…
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For the first time since 1991, Mississippi State beat LSU in Baton Rouge as the Bulldogs held on for a 34-29 victory on Saturday night in Tiger Stadium. State throughly outplayed LSU for most of the game and Coach Les Miles says his team has several areas where they need to get better
LSU trailed by 24 points early in the fourth quarter, but backup quarterback Brandon Harris led the Tigers on three scoring drives and threw two touchdown passes to Malachi Dupre. Miles says they’ll look at Harris possibly starting this Saturday….
LSU’s defense allowed 570 total yards, 302 came on the ground as the Tigers could not stop State quarterback Dak Prescott and running back Josh Robinson. Sophomore defensive tackle Christian LaCouture says they’ll look at the tape to try and figure out what went wrong…