Republican Congressman Steve Scalise of Metairie, has acknowledged that he once addressed a white supremacist group. While serving in the Louisiana Legislature, Scalise spoke at a 2002 convention of the European-American Unity and Rights Organization. This group, founded by former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke, is classified as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center. Scalise aide, Moira Bagley Smith, says in a written statement that Scalise spoke only to rally support for conservative fiscal policies in the state and not to endorse the mission and views of his audience.
As we wind down the holiday season, the Department of Environmental Quality is urging you to recycle. DEQ spokesman Greg Langley says they encourage people to recycle their Christmas trees. He says local governments throughout the state have different tree recycling programs and you can get information at deq.louisiana.gov or on their Facebook Page…:
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Langley says if you do recycle your tree you should remove lights, ornaments, tinsel and other decorative items before disposing of them.
The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety’s Traffic Safety Culture Index also shows that just over 25-percent of drivers feel that the use of prescription drugs behind the wheel poses a threat to their personal safety. Spokesman Don Redman says that many prescriptions, and some over-the-counter medications, can impair a driver in a similar way that alcohol does…
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To learn of the impact that prescription and over-the-counter drugs can have on safe driving ability, you can go online to www-dot-roadsiderx-dot-com.
With 2015 around the corner, now is good time to start getting a plan together to improve your personal finance situation. Bennett Blackledge is a financial advisor in Baton Rouge and he says a great new years resolution could be resolving to save between 5 to 10 percent of your take home pay…
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He says you should make a financial savings plan for next Christmas starting in January.