5th District Congressman Ralph Abraham has been selected to serve on the House Armed Services Committee. Halen Doughty has more…
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Today marks the one-year anniversary of when the governor was sworn into office. Jeff Palermo looks at what year two of his administration might bring…
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A study from LSU Health New Orleans finds parent’s concern about neighborhood safety will limit a child’s outside play time. Emelie Gunn has more…
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A new political party has been established in the Bayou State, as the official paperwork has been submitted by the Louisiana Independent Party. Party Treasurer Bill Bryan says this is more of a movement than a political action. He says often times, people vote for a party, not a person, and party affiliations can make it difficult for people to have open, honest discussions about candidates.
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There are currently 56-thousand Independent voters registered in the party. Bryan says the current-two party system doesn’t serve the wide spectrum of views held by voters, as evidenced by the most recent election.
Bryan says especially for social issues, it can be hard for voters to get accurate information to make an informed decision, because the information they’re receiving is partisan. He says one goal of the new party will be to publish the unbiased facts of these issues.
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Today marks one year in office for Governor John Bel Edwards, and what a year it’s been. After such a tumultuous start, it begs the question as to what the next year will hold. UL-Lafayette political science professor Pearson Cross says like his first year, one of the governor’s biggest challenges in year two is the budget.
Cross says some of the governor’s goals, like raising more revenue for transportation needs, will face tough pushback from the legislature. But he says not every item on the governor’s agenda will be an uphill battle.
Cross says perhaps the biggest difficulty with the governor’s job is never knowing what’s on the horizon. He says Edwards certainly wouldn’t have guessed a year ago that the first year of his term would hold two historic floods and a police ambush.
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A study from LSU Health New Orleans finds a parent’s concern about neighborhood safety will result in less play time outside. Research Professor Dr. Melinda Sothern says they questioned parents in neighborhoods with high crime rates along with graffiti and blighted neighborhoods and found they restricted their children’s outdoor play, which means less physical activity for those children…
Sothern says the most intriguing finding was what parents thought of their own communities and if they trusted their neighbors.
Sothern urges parents to talk with policy makers to ensure making neighborhood safety is a priority. She also tells moms and dads to put in the effort to play outside with their kids or take them to a safe area on the weekends so they can do outdoor activities.
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5th District Congressman Ralph Abraham will have a chance to set military policy for the United States as he’s been appointed to the House Armed Services Committee. Abraham says his top priority will be looking out for the men and women who serve our country.
Abraham says it’s critically important for a member of Louisiana’s delegation to sit on the committee because the Bayou State is home to Barksdale Air Force Base, Fort Polk, and the Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base in New Orleans. He expects Louisiana’s military bases to be vital in the ongoing fight against domestic and international tourism.
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Abraham says President-elect Donald Trump has indicated that has great respect and gratitude for military men and women. He expects that to be evident in the policies laid out under the new administration.
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The LSU men’s basketball team is in College Station tonight to take on the Texas A&M Aggies. The Bayou Bengals are 1-and-2 in league play and they’ve played poorly on the defensive end. In LSU’s last three losses, they are allowing 100 points a game. Coach Johnny Jones says he needs to see more from his players on that end of the court….
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In recent games, teams have had a lot of success from beyond the three point stripe against LSU. They allowed 16 three-pointers in losses to wake Forest and Vanderbilt and Mississippi State hit 11 three-pointers against the Tigers on Saturday. LSU freshman guard Skylar Mays they are making it too easy for opposing shooters…
LSU will face an Aggies team tonight that was predicted to finish third in the SEC, but they are off to an 0-3 start in league play. But Jones says A&M is one of the better shooting teams in the conference…