The National Federation of Independent Business is optimistic tax cuts will occur during Governor Elect Jeff Landry’s administration. Jeff Palermo has the story….

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The low Democratic turnout for Saturday’s election has political analysts in shock that a runoff didn’t take place for in the governor’s race. Teiko Foxx has more…

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The National Federation of Independent Business is looking forward to Republican Jeff Landry taking over as governor in January and they hope he’ll urge the state legislature to cut taxes. NFIB state director Dawn McVea says  states surrounding Louisiana are already in the mode of reducing the tax burden…

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McVea says Louisiana can afford the tax cuts, because for the last few years,  state revenues continue to produce hundreds of millions of dollars in state surpluses. She says tax reductions would really benefit small businesses and their employees…

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When a new Legislature convenes next year some lawmakers will oppose cutting taxes, because the state’s sales tax is expected to drop .45-percent in 2025. But McVea says it’s possible legislators can cut taxes to boost the economy and allow the temporary state sales tax to expire…

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Dillard University Political Science Professor Robert Collins says voter turnout for the gubernatorial election proves the Louisiana Democratic Party is no longer a legitimate opposition party. Collins says the Democratic party turnout was nearly 30 percent lower than in 2019.

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Historically, when Democrats have gotten out the vote in early voting, it led to victories for their party. In 2008, Mary Landrieu and Barack Obama won in Louisiana by big margins. And in 2015 & 2019, John Bel Edwards won both his terms in office. Collins says the Democratic turnout in Orleans Parish for last Saturday’s election was 27 percent.

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Only 24 percent of Louisiana’s black registered voters showed up to the polls in Saturday’s primary compared to 72 percent of white voters. Collins believes the Democratic Party needs to rebuild with new leadership.

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The Advocate’s political reporter Tyler Bridges is reporting Metairie Republican Cameron Henry will be the next Louisiana Senate President. Bridges says Henry beat out Leesville Senator Mike Reese for the top spot in the upper chamber…

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An official vote will take place when a new Senate is sworn in on January 8th. But Bridges says the Senate has already come to an agreement on their Senate President…

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Henry is 48 years old and a business consultant. Bridges says Henry was a legislative aide to now Congressman Steve Scalise, when Scalise was in the state House. After that Henry served 12 years in the House and is set to begin his second term in the Senate.

Bridges says Governor-elect Jeff Landry and Henry have a good relationship politically…

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Two State Representatives have been elected to the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. Colleen Crain has more on their plans for Louisiana students…

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The state treasurer’s race is down to a runoff between Republican John Fleming and Democrat Dustin Granger. Teiko Foxx has the story…

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The LSU women’s basketball team starts off a new season like they finished the last one, ranked number one. Jeff Palermo has the story…

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Two state representatives will continue to serve Louisiana as they’ve been elected to the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. Republicans Paul Hollis and Lance Harris agree that attracting and keeping quality teachers is a must. Hollis says…

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Harris says, we must also be sure teachers have access to the resources they need to educate our children

Not every student will go to college after high school, so Hollis wants to prepare non-college-bound students for success in the job market.

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While Representative Hollis has plans to increase success for high school graduates, Building on the work that’s being done to ensure quality early childhood education is essential says Representative Harris…

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The newly elected BESE members are optimistic about the future and Harris says it’s time to look at giving parents more say

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The Louisiana National Guard will host a ceremony at 10 a.m. today to officially rename Camp Beauregard in Pineville as the Louisiana National Guard Training Center. Installation Commander Colonel Dirk Erickson says more than 200 names were submitted by the public and a committee narrowed it down.

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Louisiana National Guard decided to remove the moniker Camp Beauregard which was named after Confederate Army General Beauregard in 1917.  While the name of the installation is changing, Erickson says the mission, values, and services will remain the same….

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The move was mandated by Congress as part of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2021 to remove Confederate names from U.S. military installations. Erickson says this installation means a lot to the more than 11 thousand soldiers who serve in the Louisiana National Guard.

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The state treasurer’s race is in a runoff between Republican John Fleming and Democrat Dustin Granger. Fleming previously served four terms in Congress and worked in the Trump administration.  He’s also a physician and a businessman and says he wants to use his experience as a businessman to improve the state’s economy…

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Granger is a financial advisor from Lake Charles. He says Louisiana’s economy does not work because it gives tax breaks to big businesses…

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Granger says as State Treasurer he also wants to improve the state’s unclaimed property program, work with the Insurance Commissioner on fixing the state’s insurance crisis and he also wants to help revitalize small towns…

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Fleming also believes the State Treasurer can take on a larger role than just protecting the state’s revenues…

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The defending national champs in women’s college basketball, LSU, is ranked first in the AP preseason Top 25 poll, a first in program history. The Lady Tigers have a loaded roster that includes superstar Angel Reese. The All-American had a very busy offseason and is an NIL queen. But the Voice of the Lady Tigers, Patrick Wright, says Reese and the rest of the team is focused on winning another national title…

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During the offseason, LSU added a couple of big-time scorers from other schools, Haily Van Lith and Aneesah Morrow. Wright says the players seem more committed to winning basketball games than putting up big individual numbers…

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UCONN is ranked second in the AP preseason poll, followed by Iowa, UCLA, Utah and then last year’s SEC regular season champs, South Carolina. Wright says winning another title will not be easy…

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LSU tips off the regular season in Las Vegas where they’ll play 20th ranked Colorado on November sixth.

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LSU has one of the best offenses in the country and Tigers head coach Brian Kelly believes offensive coordinator Mike Denbrock deserves a lot of credit…

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LSU’s defense has shown improvement over the last seven quarters. Kelly says the players have bought into worrying about their own assignments…..

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The last two games LSU has been penalized because of defensive players clapping. It’s a penalty because the refs believe LSU’s defensive players are trying to mimic the quarterback when he calls for the snap. Kelly says the players clapping are in the defensive secondary and he’s only trying to get the attention of his teammate…

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Chair of LSU Manship School of Mass Communication, Bob Mann has announced his resignation at the end of the school year, because Jeff Landry has been elected as governor. Teiko Foxx explains why…

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Insurance Commissioner Elect Tim Temple has formed an advisory council to come up wtih policy solutions to make insurance more affordable. Jeff Palermo has the story…

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LSU Manship School of Mass Communication Chair, Robert Mann says he will step down at the end of the academic year following Governor-Elect Jeff Landry’s victory.  Mann said he doesn’t want Landry to punish the school he loves because of his presence.

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Landry sent an aide to an LSU Faculty Senate meeting to read a letter stating vaccine mandates violated people’s right to religious freedom. In response, Mann tweeted “sending some flunkie to read a letter attacking COVID vaccines.”

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Mann has been with LSU for more than 17 years. He says he’s concerned about the future of higher education in the Bayou State under Landry’s leadership.

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Mann has been a vocal critic of the state government not spending money to build the school a new campus library.

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Insurance Commissioner-Elect Tim Temple has formed an Insurance Advisory Council. Temple has selected five individuals to help develop specific policy solutions to aggressively tackle the insurance crisis

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The advisory council will look at issues involving property, automobile, life and health insurance.

Temple wants to see a special session called early next year so that they can make changes to property insurance market, so that it results in more insurance providers writing policies

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Temple says at his website Temple-for-Louisiana-dot-com, click the tab that reads transition team and you can offer suggestions on how to make insurance more affordable…

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A new report ranks Louisiana 48th in the country for the health of its women and children. Pediatrician Dr. Arethusa Kirk with United Health Care says an increase in overdose deaths among adult women helped produce the negative ranking…

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Kirk says another concerning statistic, a 55-percent increase in firearm deaths among children.

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A high infant mortality rate is also a challenge for Louisiana.

Kirk says the report contained some bright spots for Louisiana. She says the Bayou State has a high enrollment in early childhood education, a lot of women have a dedicated health care provider and are going for well-women visits…

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What will  state government look like when conservative Governor-Elect Jeff Landry takes office? Colleen Crain takes a look.

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Shreveport-Bossier Congressman Mike Johnson says he will run for House Speaker if Jim Jordan of Ohio doesn’t get elected. Teiko Foxx spoke with ULM Political Science Professor Dr. Joshua Stockley

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Louisiana U-S Senator Bill Cassidy is back from a trip to war-torn Israel. Jeff Palermo has more…

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We will soon learn more about Governor-Elect Jeff Landry’s plans for Louisiana. If you want to know what his priorities are, political analyst Bernie Pinsonat says look at the focus of his gubernatorial campaign…

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A big change in political ideology is expected as the state transitions from a moderate Democrat to a conservative.  Over the last eight years, Governor John Bel Edwards battled with a Republican-controlled legislature. Pinsonat says Landry will benefit from a Legislature that has a super majority of Republicans…

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Landry will be sworn in on January 8^th which gives him more time to look at who he wants to bring in to fill his cabinet positions. Pinsonat says it also gives the Louisiana residents time to learn about the new governor’s priorities…

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U-S domestic oil production hit an all-time high last week, surpassing the record high set before the pandemic. The Biden Administration has been criticized for being unfriendly to the oil and gas industry. But LSU Interim Director of Energy Studies Greg Upton says White House policies have not slowed production….

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Domestic crude production is at 13 million barrels per day.

Republicans claim President Biden’s policies are reducing fossil fuel production. Upton says that’s certainly the case when it comes new exploration in the Gulf of Mexico…

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Upton says he doesn’t see domestic oil production slowing down any time soon, especially when there is a huge demand internationally.

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Does Louisiana Congressman Mike Johnson have a shot at becoming the next U-S Speaker of the House? Despite being well-liked among his colleagues, ULM Political Science Professor Dr. Joshua Stockley thinks Johnson may be too conservative to get the 217 votes he needs.

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The 51-year-old Congressman from the Shreveport-Bossier area told USA Today Network he will nominate himself for House Speaker if Congressman Jim Jordan of Ohio doesn’t get elected. But Stockley believes Jordan will get the necessary votes…

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In a second vote last week, Stockley says Jordan increased his support to 152 votes compared to his first vote of 124.

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The House is expected to vote today to elect a new speaker.

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Twenty legislative races are headed to a run-off, 18 on the House side and two state Senate races will have to be decided on November 18th. La-Politics-dot-com publisher Jeremy Alford says looking back at last Saturday, several competitive state senate races were decided with Blake Miguez, Alan Seabaugh and Patrick Connick all winning…

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One of the more interesting runoff races is to watch is House Democrats Cedric Glover and Sam Jenkins battling for a state senate seat in Shreveport.

Six of the 18 runoff races in the House feature an incumbent trying to keep their seat. Livonia Representative Jeremy LaCombe is facing serious challenge from fellow Republican Tammi Fabre. Alford says Lacombe has been a target of conservative republicans…

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Three statewide races are also in a runoff, attorney general, secretary of state and state treasurer. The governor’s race has been decided. Alford says interest will be low for the November 18th general election and he doesn’t see it approaching the 36-percent we had for the primary…

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The Saints are just 7-for-19 when it comes to scoring touchdowns once they get inside the red zone. That ranks 27th in the league. They went 0-for-3 in Sunday’s loss at Houston. Quarterback Derek Carr says miscommunication is a major culprit…

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Linebacker DeMario Davis says no one is happy with the three-and-three record…

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Head Coach Dennis Allen remains confident they can solve their red zone woes on offense…

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Heading into Saturday’s game against Army, LSU ranks among the Top ten nationally in seven offensive categories. The Tigers rank second in the nation in total offense, averaging 550 yards a game, third in scoring at 45 points a game. Coach Brian Kelly says fans should not take this type of production for granted…

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LSU Quarterback Jayden Daniels leads the nation in total offense, averaging 401 yards a game.

LSU is a four touchdown favorite to beat Army. The Black Knights are two and four. After this game, the Tigers will have a bye week and then a highly anticipated matchup against Alabama. Kelly says the focus has to be on Army

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