Louisiana health insurance shoppers now have the option of buying new, cheaper, but potentially far less comprehensive plans in the marketplace….
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Usually gasoline prices fall at this time of year, but the statewide average price for a gallon of regular gasoline is actually on the rise to $2.65 per gallon. AAA fuel analyst Don Redman says the price at the pump is at its highest level since 2014.
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Governor John Bel Edwards believes two-thousand new jobs can be created at the old Avondale shipyard in Jefferson Parish now that it has new owners, Avondale Marine LLC . That group plans to redevelop the site into a massive shipping hub. Edwards says the Avondale Shipyard, which at one time employed 26-thousand workers, is beginning a new era…
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The shipyard has been closed since 2014.

At nearby Elmer’s Island, a decision has been made to nix a proposed air strip on the island, which has a protected wildlife refuge. L-D-W-F supported the airstrip, because it would increase recreational access to Elmer’s Island and make it easier for their biologists to get to their research lab and oyster hatchery. The mayor of Grand Isle also believed the project would result in more tourism. But Cynthia Duet with the Audubon Institute is glad all sides thought better of the idea…
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Starting this month, the department of environmental quality is increasing the fee to recylce used tires. Matt Doyle tells us why.
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Gasoline prices appear to be on the rise as the state’s average price for a gallon of regular gasoline increased two-cents over night to $2.65. Triple-A says that’s about seven-cents more than a week ago and we are now paying 33-cents more than a year ago.

A 50-year-old Slaughter woman is headed to trial in Baton Rouge after she was indicted on a First Degree Murder charge in the death of her boyfriend Damian Skipper, who she allegedly poisoned to death with barium in 2015. Investigators say Meshell Hale received 10,000 dollars in life insurance as a result of Skipper’s death, who she claimed to be her husband. East Baton Rouge DA Hillar Moore says it’s not often you see cases of alleged poisoning.
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New Orleans Police are also investigating Hale for the death of her husband Arthur Noflin.

Louisiana soybean farmers are dealing with wet weather during harvest and there’s also no place to put their crop because of the trade dispute with China. US Representative Ralph Abraham says he’s asked the U-S-D-A to find places where farmers can store their harvested soybeans…
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China usually buys 60-percent of U-S soybeans, but heavy tariffs on the U-S soybean crop have kept the beans from going to Asia.

Governor John Bel Edwards is back from his trip to California where he met with film and TV producers in an effort to grow the state’s movie production industry. Edwards says the executives he spoke with say they have renewed confidence in the stability of the state’s film tax incentive program. Today, Governor Edwards holds a press conference at Avondale shipyard in Jefferson Parish, where he’s expected to restart commerce at the site. The shipyard once employed 26-thousand workers.

The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality says the growing number of waste tires in urban centers is creating a pollution problem, so effective this month, the cost to recycle waste tires is going up. DEQ Secretary Chuck Brown, on Talk Louisiana, said it’s a modest, but necessary increase.
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There are five such plants statewide that can process old tires in an appropriate manner.

Louisiana Congressman Ralph Abraham is asking the U-S Department of Agriculture to help soybean farmers who have no place to put their crop, because silos are full as a result of the trade dispute with China. Abraham says farmers must choose between harvesting soybeans with no place to bring them or letting them rot in the fields…
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Abraham suggests that the U-S-D-A reach out to private farmers and see who has empty silos.

Interim Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin warns residents that scam arists have been calling potential voters and offering them a chance to register over the phone. In doing so, the fraudsters are trying to collect personal information. Ardoin says if you want to register to vote or change your party affiliation there are secure ways to do so…
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You can register to vote online at Geaux-vote-dot-com.

Louisiana soybean farmers are facing a major issue as storage silos are full and they are having a difficult time finding places to store their harvested crop. Kevin Barnhart has the story.
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President Donald Trump has nominated a Louisiana man to lead the U-S Marshal Service. Donald Washington, the former U-S Attorney for Louisiana’s Western District, now awaits confirmation from the U-S Senate. Washington is currently an attorney in Lafayette and a West Point grad.

Interim Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin is warning residents about a voter registration scam in which callers are offered a chance to register over the phone…
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Both registration and requesting an absentee ballot can be done online, in person or by mail. And the deadline to register for the November 6th election is October 9th in person or by mail, and the deadline to register online is October 16th.

Starting this month, the state department of environmental quality is raising the recycling fees for waste tires. It’s now $2.25 for each passenger-light truck tire, five dollars for each medium truck tire and 10-dollars for each off-road tire. D-E-Q Secretary Chuck Brown says the fees were increased to address the growing problem of waste tires being dumped in urban areas…
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Brown says they are asking local governments to do their part and make sure all dumped tires get collected.

Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality Secretary Chuck Brown says he’s trying to do something about the problem of tires getting illegally dumped…
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Brown appeared as a guest on Talk Louisiana with Jim Engster and says fees have been raised this month for the state’s waste tire fee program as a way to beef up enforcement.

Louisiana Congressman Ralph Abraham is asking the U-S-D-A to provide solutions for soybean farmers who are having a hard time finding places to store their harvested soybeans. Abraham says the trade war with China has kept a higher than normal amount of soybeans here and storage facilities are filling up…
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50-year-old Meshell Hale of Slaughter has been indicted on first-degree murder as she’s accused of poisoning an East Baton Rouge man she claimed she was married to, 41-year-old Damian Skipper….
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