The new Louisiana GOP deputy chairman stands by Donald Trump even after the recently released recordings of the presidential candidate’s lewd remarks against women 11 years ago. Emelie Gunn has more…
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LSU’s Mike the Tiger has died following a four month battle with cancer. Michelle Southern reports…:
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Following Jefferson Parish President Mike Yenni’s admission to sexting a teenage boy, the Jefferson Parish School Board wants to ban him from being on public school campuses. School board member Mark Morgan says the fact that Yenni made contact with the boy on a school campus makes it even more important that Yenni not be allowed there.
Tonight’s school board meeting, where members are expected to take up a resolution, comes just a week after the Jefferson Parish Council called for Yenni’s resignation. Morgan says the motion would ban Yenni from public and charter school properties.
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Yenni was deployed with his military unit assisting with Hurricane Matthew relief efforts, but he came home early to have a closed meeting with his staff Monday. Morgan says the controversy surrounding Yenni’s inappropriate behavior could lead to classroom disruptions.
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The new Republican Party deputy chairman of Louisiana, Tim Breaux, says he will stand by Presidential candidate Donald Trump amid an 11-year-old recording recently released with the businessman making lewd comments about women. Breaux, from Lafayette, says he’s been around Trump on many occasions and has never heard him make statements of this nature.
But Executive Director of the Louisiana Democratic Party, Stephen Handwerk, says the President of the United States shouldn’t behave like this. He says he couldn’t believe how easily these remarks came to Trump, but…
Breaux says his wife also works closely with Trump’s businesses and has never felt uncomfortable or heard him make inappropriate comments. He believes the republican candidate still has a good chance to win.
Handwerk says even if we dismiss the tape from 11 years ago, we only have to go back a week to find more inappropriate tweets or comments.
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LSU announces that its live mascot, Mike VI, was euthanized today at the age of 11 following a four-month battle with cancer. His vet, Dr. David Baker, says one of the things he loved the most about Mike is that he was never shy, even from the first day he met him at the Great Cats of Indiana nonprofit rescue facility…
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LSU says there will not be a formal memorial service for Mike VI, but fans are encouraged to share their memories, stories and photos on social media using #MikeVI. Dr. Baker says Mike VI had all the perfect characteristics of a beloved mascot tiger…:
Tiger fans came to offer flowers and notes and take pictures outside the cage with Mike VI before he was moved to “hospice care” for the remainder of his time. He even received and purple and gold flower bouquet from the University of Texas’ Longhorn, Bevo. Dr. Baker said it’s a heartbreaking day for LSU fans, but he’s thankful for all the support they’ve received:
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One in four Americans report having a medical condition worsen because of delaying emergency medical attention for fear of insurance gaps. That’s according to a poll of more than 2-thousand registered voters paid for by the American College of Emergency Physicians. The survey also found more than half of respondents are paying more for insurance coverage. ACEP president, Dr. Jay Kaplan of New Orleans, is not surprised.
The poll found that while 15-percent of respondents say their insurance has gotten better in the last year, twice as many say it got worse. Kaplan says insurance companies trying to keep premiums low are raising deductibles. He says this is leading to higher costs for patients.
Kaplan says high deductible insurance plans have risen over 40-percent in the last several years. He says one in four patients also say they have lost access to their physicians because insurance companies are narrowing down their networks.
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