Governor John Bel Edwards has sent a letter to Roger Goodell urging the NFL Commish to make sure another team is not robbed of going to the Super Bowl. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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Starting next week, Louisiana abortion clinics will be legally compelled to have admitting privileges at a local hospital. Matt Doyle has more.
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Governor John Bel Edwards has sent a written letter to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell asking him and the owners to change the rules to make sure another obvious, blatant and intentional penalty at the end of a championship game doesn’t go uncalled again….
There’s been a report the NFL competition committee will look during the offseason on whether pass interference should be the subject of an instant replay review. Edwards believes it should be
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So far there has been no official response from Goodell or the league about the missed pass interference call at the NFC Championship game. Edwards believes he’ll get a response from the NFL, because he’s heard from some who have no interest in the Super Bowl this year…
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Governor John Bel Edwards re-election effort is officially underway as he made two campaign stops today in Lafayette. Political analyst Bernie Pinsonat says despite good approval ratings it’s not a sure thing that Edwards will be re-elected..
Meanwhile, Republican challenger and Congressman Ralph Abraham held a lunchtime fundraiser in Lake Providence today. But Pinsonat says the other announced GOP challenger, Eddie Rispone, is the X-factor, because he can self-fund much of his campaign…
Other Republicans can still enter the race. He says former Congressman John Fleming of Minden is reportedly looking at it and Pinsonat says he has deep pockets too and could hurt Abraham’s chances…
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Beginning Monday, Louisiana abortion clinics will be required to have admitting privileges at a local hospital, that after a Friday ruling from the New Orleans based 5th Circuit Court of Appeals. Attorney General Jeff Landry says his office has been proud to defend the law that was passed in 2014, nearly unanimously, in the Louisiana Legislature.
Act 620 was held up for years after the Supreme Court struck down a similar law in Texas in 2016. The 5th Circuit in September determined the Louisiana law was different enough to warrant a rehearing.
So starting Monday, Landry says all Louisiana clinics must adhere to the law, or they could be shut down by the state.
After five years of winding its way through the courts, Act 620 still may not be done facing legal challenges. There’s one appeal left, and that’s to the US Supreme Court. Landry says if that happens, they’re ready.
The Center for Reproductive Rights says there are only three abortion clinics left in Louisiana.
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Get ready for a cold night, especially in north Louisiana, as Shreveport, Monroe and Natchitoches can all see morning lows below 30-degrees. Chris Nuttall is with the National Weather Service in Shreveport…
Nuttall says it’s possible that below freezing tempeatures could get as far south as Lafayette…
Nuttall says it will feel warmer tomorrow afternoon, before another cold front hits the state tomorrow night, early tomorrow morning…