Black Friday has come early for shoppers as major retailers are offering early deals in October. Teiko Foxx has more…
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JMC Analytics pollster John Couvillon says based on early voting totals, total voter turnout for Saturday’s election could be less than 40-percent. Jeff Palermo has more…
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Black Friday deals have come early as major retailers like Amazon, Walmart, Target and Best Buy are offering discounts now, weeks before the start of the traditional holiday shopping season. Bankrate Senior Industry Analyst Ted Rossman says an early start gives shoppers more time to research and spread out their cash flow
With the average credit card rate at 21 percent, Rossman says a third of holiday shoppers expect inflation to impact their buying habits. He says early shoppers are looking for coupons, discounts, and sales.
Rossman says 25 percent of shoppers are stressed about the cost of holiday shopping. While retailers are offering early promotions, Rossman says shoppers are eager to get the best deals but they are also being smart spenders.
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Heavy rain is expected tomorrow in southeast Louisiana as a result of a tropical wave in the Gulf of Mexico. LRN Meteorologist John Wetherbee says more than two inches of rain could fall along the coast, into the New Orleans area and St. Tammany Parish…
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The Lafayette area could see about an inch of rain and less than a half an inch for southwest Louisiana. Wetherbee says localized flash flooding is possible in southeast Louisiana…
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In recognition of World Day Against the Death Penalty, faith leaders met with Governor Edwards this morning calling for clemency hearings for death row inmates. Sister Helen Prejean, an advocate to abolish the death penalty, says being pro-life doesn’t mean you’re against abortion…
Members of Louisiana InterFaith against Executions (L.I.F.E.) presented Edwards with a letter signed by more than 100 faith leaders asking him and the Pardon Board to grant clemency hearings for all of the inmates awaiting execution.
Baton Rouge Catholic Bishop Michael Gerard Duca says he believes Edwards is doing all he can on behalf of death row inmates.
While recognizing those who are on death row in Louisiana, faith leaders also prayed for them and the family members of their victims. Duca says they are not asking for death row inmates to be set free, only that their lives be spared.
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A settlement after an injunction was filed on behalf of Louisiana district attorneys means most of the 56 inmates on death row will not have clemency hearings. Advocates are appealing the ruling.
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The Secretary of State’s Office predicts between a 42 and 46-percent total voter turnout for Saturday’s election. But JMC Analytics Pollster John Couvillon is projecting a lower turnout, after less than 350-thousand people cast votes during the early voting period that ended last Saturday
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Couvillon says this is the lowest interest he’s ever seen in a Louisiana governor’s race.
He says it was surprising to see more registered Republicans participating in early voting than Democrats…
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Couvillon says participation among black voters was also down…