Saturday is Buddy Guy Day, as the Blues legend will have a portion of a highway in his hometown named after him. Jeff Palermo has the story…
Voters head to the polls Saturday to cast their ballots in the special election run off for Secretary of State. Polls open at 7am as Democrat Gwen Collins-Greenup takes on Republican Kyle Ardoin. Pollster Couvillion says a problem Ardoin faces is a lack of name recognition, stemming from a lack of campaign funding, but Couvillion says it likely won’t take away from him too much.
Cut 4 (06) “…along party lines.″
Polls will be open until 8pm
St. Tammany Parish has been awarded a $25 million BUILD grant to widen I-12. The widening is needed due to unsafe conditions and bottlenecks along a 3.8 mile stretch and comes after four fatalities over Memorial Day weekend this year. St. Tammany Parish President Pat Brister calls the quick turnaround on locking in the money to move forward with construction a huge success in many ways.
Cut 10 (12) “…be a priority.”
US Representative and now candidate for governor, Republican Ralph Abraham, says Governor John Bel Edwards has been relentless in his effort to raise taxes. Abraham says Louisiana is heading in the wrong direction. But Eric Holl, spokesperson for the 2019 Democratic Coordinator Campaign team disagrees, based on what’s happened during the first three years of the Edwards administration