The LSU AgCenter finds the total damage to agriculture from the August floods to be about 277-million dollars. Don Molino has more…
Governor John Bel Edwards will be in Washington, D.C. tomorrow as the fight continues to get more federal funding for flood relief efforts in Louisiana. The governor is expected to meet with House Speaker Paul Ryan, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, and the entire Louisiana Congressional delegation.
A new book claims Republican Congressman and candidate for US Senate Charles Boustany was involved with prostitutes who were killed in Jefferson Davis Parish. Political analyst Bernie Pinsonat says this accusation has the potential to hurt Boustany’s campaign.
A statement from Boustany’s campaign says these allegations are completely false.
American Cancer Society volunteers from Louisiana and many other states are in Washington, D.C, today rallying for more funding for cancer research. Director of the LSU Health Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center, Augusto Ochoa, says we are at a turning point in cancer research.
The volunteers are asking Congress to increase funding for the National Cancer Institute by $680 million.