A day after Tom Benson announced his wife will assume ownership of the Saints and Pelicans when he dies, his former heirs file suit claiming Benson is incapacitated. Legal analyst Tim Meche says they will have to prove that Tom Benson is not capable of making decisions on his own…

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The suit claims that Benson is not fit mentally and physically to manage his personal or business affairs. Benson says the allegations of his mental health are completely meritless.

A super PAC has been established by Republican supporters of Governor Bobby Jindal that could assist him in a presidential bid. Former Louisiana Congressman, Bob Livingston, says the Super PAC will get Jindal ready, if he chooses to run for President

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Livingston is the chairman of the political action committee, called Believe Again PAC.

The Mystick Krewe of Louisianians will be hosting the DC Mardi Gras in our nation’s capitol this weekend. LaPolitics-dot-com publisher Jeremy Alford says one topic has been dominating the conversation at the bar of the Washington Hilton this year and that’s money…

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He says the bar at the Hilton becomes Louisiana’s 65th parish during DC Mardi Gras.

Now that the New Orleans City Council has approved a ban on smoking in bars and casinos, so could we see a similar law passed for the entire state? West Monroe Representative Frank Hoffman says says a public smoking ban in New Orleans could convince legislators that it’s time to do it statewide..

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Hoffman says a similar ordinance went into effect in Ouachita Parish last January and it’s been well received by bar owners.