Baton Rouge Businessman Jim Bernhard has contemplated running for statewide office before and according to LaPolitics.com, the former CEO of a Fortune 500 company is considering running for governor again. LaPolitics Publisher Jeremy Alford says that means Governor John Bel Edwards could face a serious challenger from his own party…
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Alford says he’s heard Governor Edwards supporters have reached out to Bernhard in an effort to convince him not to run.

A Gallup poll finds that 38-percent of Americans view vaping as harmful to your health. Angel Lopez, tobacco treatment specialist at Our Lady of the Lake Hospital, says e-cigarettes contain nicotine and other chemicals…
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Lopez also doesn’t see vapor products as a sucessful smoking cessation tool.

Medicare for All may have been a fringe position just two years ago, but an analysis of Louisiana’s 2018 Democratic congressional candidates shows nearly unanimous support for the policy. 3rd district candidate Mimi Methvin, who’s running against Congressman Clay Higgins, says it may take some time to build consensus for a Medicare expansion, because the Affordable Care Act isn’t enough.
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But political analyst Bernie Pinsonat says Medicare for All maybe popular among certain voters, it won’t translate into major changes when the Democratic candidates attempt to knock off Republican Louisiana Congressman in November….
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Five Republican Congressmen from Louisiana are up for re-election.