Senator Bill Cassidy files legislation to make drug cartels pay for a Southern border wall. Jeff Palermo has the story..
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Super Bowl ratings cratered last night in New Orleans as only a quarter of households bothered watching a game many Who Dats considered illegitimate…
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Republican Senator Bill Cassidy files legislation that would take money seized from drug cartels and us it to pay for a southern border wall. Cassidy says instead of having Americans pay for the wall, let it be Mexican cartels
Cassidy says the more they secure the border, the more illicit money they will capture. Congressional leaders have been debating for weeks on how to fund a border wall, Cassidy says this legislation could break the logjam…
Another government shutdown is looming in a couple of weeks, if funding is not secured for a Southern border wall. He says the Department of Treasury Forfeiture Fund averages 842-million dollars annually and his proposal is to issue bonds in order to make billions of dollars for immediate improvements to border security…
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Who Dats turned off the Super Bowl in record numbers as boycott parties raged across New Orleans. The Nielsen rating for the New Orleans market was a 26.1. LSU Assistant Professor of Digital Advertising Jun Heo, says it’s a huge drop off from last year’s rating of 53.
Nielsen estimates about 165,872 households had the game on last night in the New Orleans market.
National ratings cratered during this year’s 13-3 snoozer that featured a widely panned half time performance and only six points through three quarters. The 44.9 national rating was the lowest in a decade, and Heo says local resentment likely played a part.
It’s reportedly the lowest Nielsen ratings for a Super Bowl in New Orleans ever, and Heo says that’s likely cause for concern at the local CBS affiliates, and those who bought air time with them, who just a three weeks ago expected a huge television audience with the Black and Gold in the Super Bowl…
It cost 5.2 million dollars to air a 30 second commercial nationally, and there were 92 ads run in total.
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For the second quarter of fiscal year 2019, the Louisiana Lottery has seen an uptick in contributions to the state treasury, transferring over $53.9 million towards K-12 public education in the state. Louisiana Lottery spokesperson Dustin Annison says that’s nearly a $10 million increase from this time last year.
Cut 9 (08) “…we had last year.″
Annison says the record-breaking Mega Millions jackpot from autumn had a big impact on the numbers.
Cut 10 (08) “…was huge for us.”
Annison says the year-to-date contributions of $94.6 million have exceeded what the Louisiana Lottery had budgeted and expected to give to the state by $16.8 million.
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The Baton Rouge area saw three separate fatal motorcycle wrecks in a span of less than 24 hours, including one involving an on-duty police officer. Motorcycle Awareness Campaign spokesperson Scotty Drake says motorcyclists need motorists to be actively aware and watching for those on two wheels.
Cut 12 (07) “…not the motorcyclist.”
Drake says the death of the law enforcement officer is another reminder that motorists need to be more aware of motorcycles. Cpl. Shane Toddy of the Baton Rouge Police Department was killed Friday after colliding with a pickup truck while riding with a funeral procession.
Drake says motorcyclists are often doing the best they can to be noticed when sharing the roadways, as well using their training to keep an eye out for those not looking for them.
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