Sasol says falling oil prices is the reason for their announcement to delay their final decision to invest in a proposed gas-to-liquids plant in southwest Louisiana. President of the Southwest Louisiana Economic Development Alliance, George Swift says the decline in the price of oil has given reason for concern, but projects like this are focused on long-range goals…

cut 5 (10) “will go ahead”

He does says Sasol’s decision to delay is disappointing.

Former KKK leader and State Representative David Duke says Congressman Steve Scalise is a sellout and he may consider running against him. In a rare interview on Louisiana Radio Network’s Jim Engster show, Duke says the Congressman should step down for apologizing about speaking to a white supremacists group in 2002…

cut 13 (10) “sold out”

Scalise recently came under fire when the story broke that he was a guest speaker at an event hosted by Duke.

There are 150 additional troopers deployed to New Orleans for this year’s Mardi Gras season, according to State Police. Superintendent Col. Mike Edmonson says, looking forward, there will be an increased number of troopers in the city for events like French Quarter Fest, Jazzfest, and numerous conventions…

cut 11 (10) “through May”

He says the troopers assigned for Mardi Gras will be working in the city through Fat Tuesday.

The satirical news website, The Onion, recently wrote an article skewering Governor Bobby Jindal that’s getting national attention. The tongue-in-cheek article claimed that Jindal isn’t sure he would want to put his family through the ordeal of a two-month presidential campaign. ULM Political Science Professor Joshua Stockley says the underlying joke in the article is one that Louisianians will surely understand…

cut 9 (07) “six years now”

He says this is not the kind of national attention that the governor would prefer at this time.