LRN Newscast 14:30 09-23-14

While the Louisiana Democratic Party has endorsed Edwin Edwards for the 6th Congressional district election, Senator Mary Landrieu stopped short of throwing her support to the former governor yesterday, saying each of their respective races are “parallel”….

CUT 6 (09) “get a good vote”

Which political analysts say is a carefully worded answer that is not saying “yes” OR “no.”

 

A special state grand jury has indicted former state health secretary Bruce Greenstein on nine counts of perjury. The alleged untruths happened during sworn testimony before a state Senate confirmation hearing and at a grand jury investigation. The indictment is related to Greenstein’s association in the award of a state government contract of nearly $200 million.

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For the first FULL day of Fall today, Louisiana has fall-like temperatures courtesy of a cool front, and Andrew Ansorge (An SORE Ghee) from the National Weather Service Office in Slidell says there will be more of these …

CUT 13 (07) Q: “September heat”

And so far, it is a Fall with a fall in gas prices; the lowest we have had since 2010…

CUT 1 (29) “reporting”