A Navy veteran has chosen not to accept the Peoples Health Champion Award at the next Saints home game. Emelie Gunn has more…
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Attorney General Jeff Landry is not happy the Edwards administration has filed a lawsuit against drug manufacturers over the opioid crisis and he’s asked a state judge to take over the suit. Michelle Southern has more…
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A United States Navy veteran has declined to accept the Peoples Health Champion Award during this Sunday’s Saints game in the Superdome. Commander John Wells says he was very honored and excited when he was named a recipient. But he says the anthem protests by NFL players are a slap in the face to veterans.
Wells spent 22 years in the Navy and has been an advocate to get better benefits for military veterans. Wells says he understands there is a reason for the protests and there are some problems between police and the public…
Wells says if there is a conversation to be had, let’s have the conversation…
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Another legal battle is brewing between Democratic Governor John Bel Edwards and Republican Attorney General Jeff Landry. The A-G filed a motion in court this week to take control of the Edwards administration lawsuit that accuses pharmaceutical companies of worsening the opioid crisis. Landry says it only makes sense for his office to handle this litigation…
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The department of health filed its lawsuit on September 27th claiming drug manufacturers intentionally flooded Louisiana with highly addictive and dangerous opioids. Landry says his office was also working on its own lawsuit…
The AG won a legal battle this week over the governor’s office on an executive order dealing with discrimination of LGBT state workers. Landry is confident a state judge will rule that his office can supersede the L-D-H opioid lawsuit and he plans to expand it once he takes control…
Edwards’ executive counsel, Matthew Block, says the governor wants to collaborate on the lawsuit.
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A poll from Morning Consult finds in his second year in office, Governor John Bel Edwards has an approval rating of 53-percent. LSU Political Science Professor Robert Hogan says any time a governor has an approval of over 50-percent that’s good news. He says Edwards has received high marks when it comes to dealing with the high number of natural disasters Louisiana has recently seen.
Edwards has a 32-percent disapproval rating. But Hogan says that doesn’t mean Edwards is in the clear just yet. He says there are some big things the governor has to confront in the coming months.
Hogan says Edwards is a Democrat in a state dominated by Republicans. He says the governor has been able to stay away from disputes that separate the two parties.
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GOP leaders on Capitol Hill unveiled today the key details in a new tax plan. The proposal lowers the number of tax brackets from seven to four, and increases the standard deductions. Louisiana Congressman Clay Higgins says this is major reform which is pro citizen and pro economic growth…:
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Some democrats have already criticized the plan saying it would only benefit the wealthy, and that the middle class wouldn’t even be getting that big of a break. Higgins says that is wrong…:
Higgins says for the first time in a long time the US has seen more than three percent growth in the economy over the past two quarters. He says that’s just with the thought of passing major tax reform, but now Americans have a promise from Congress in their hand…: