Attorney General Jeff Landry promises to crack down on crime in his first campaign ad for Governor of Louisiana. Teiko Foxx has more.
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The Senate Education Committee approves a bill requiring every school in Louisiana to have an automated external defibrillator on campus in case a person goes into cardiac arrest. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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Legislation to require fathers to pay for half of the out-of-pocket pregnancy-related medical expenses advances to the House floor. Bill author, Abita Springs Representative Larry Frieman (Freeman) says it’s crucial to have such a law with the state’s abortion ban in place.
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The Republican’s bill requires proof of paternity. Frieman says the bill was crafted out of was drafted out of fundamental fairness because it’s not right that the mother has to bear the expenses and the father gets off scot-free before the child is even born.
Frieman says post-birth expenses fall under child-support laws. Examples of reimbursable expenses under this bill would be insurance co-pays and over-the-counter prenatal vitamins.
The bill had no opposition in House Civil Law and will be heard on the House floor.
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Camp Beauregard will be officially renamed as the Louisiana National Guard Training Center in Pineville later this year. Lt. Col Noel Collins says through the guidance of the National Defense Authorization Act the training installation was given a new moniker.
Camp Beauregard was originally named after PGT Beauregard who served as a general in the Confederate army and because the installation is owned by the state it was not subject to redesignation like Fort Polk which will be named Fort Johnson later this year.
Collins says they accepted more than 200 original name submissions from the public last year and the redesignation committee then narrowed down the list of choices.
In addition to having a new name that reflects the values of service members and civilian employees, Collins says the name choice also indicates the installation’s location in Rapides Parish.
A ceremony for the designation of the installation will be held in the Fall.
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Attorney General Jeff Landry launched the first 30-second television ad of his gubernatorial campaign today addressing one of the state’s top issues – crime. ULM Political Science Professor Pearson Cross says Landry’s message is spot on for voters.
Cross says Louisiana is home to three of the top ten most dangerous cities in America and leads the nation with 564 violent crimes per hundred thousand. And although one would think the governor could do little to fight crime, the governor is very powerful.
This will be a multi-market ad that will begin in Baton Rouge but expects to spread across the state. Cross says statewide advertisement during an election year is a hefty expense.
John Schroder, State Treasurer, was the first candidate to run a political campaign ad for governor this election year. The gubernatorial primary is October 14.
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The Senate Education Committee approves legislation requiring schools to have an automated external defibrillator at every educational institution and at all athletic events. Baton Rouge Senator Cleo Fields says his legislation also requires every school to have a plan in case a student collapses as a result of a heart issue…
Cindy Bishop with the Louisiana Orthopaedic Association says A-E-Ds save lives
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Fields legislation calls for every school to have an AED within a year of the bill becoming law. Dannie Garrett with the Louisiana School Board Association is urging legislators to allocate surplus dollars so every school in the state can purchase one…
Fields’ legislation is called the Jump Start Your Heart Act and it may require a hearing in Senate Finance.