Early voting concludes tomorrow, and the numbers look encouraging for one party. Andrew Greenstein reports.
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To capitalize on the Saints playing the first NFL game in Paris, the state Office of Tourism has a delegation in France today to promote Louisiana as a travel destination. Joe Gallinaro has the story…
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Early voting wraps up tomorrow, with Election Day a week from tomorrow. In the first five days of early voting, more than 363-thousand voters have cast ballots, with Democrats outnumbering Republicans by more than 13-thousand. John Couvillon with JMC Analytics and Polling says he expects the Democratic lead to increase between now and the end of early voting.
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Also added in the mix is more than 62-thousand ballots cast by no-party voters – and with President Trump’s approval rating greatly underwater, it’s not unreasonable to believe the vast majority of those voters may have cast their ballots for Democratic candidates. Couvillon says Republicans may be starting to sound the alarm.
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In the Congressional races, the most competitive ones are in districts five and six, both of which are races to fill seats being vacated by their respective incumbents. While Republicans make up the lion’s share of the candidates in both of those races, Couvillon says Democrats are almost guaranteed to get one of their candidates into the runoff in both.
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With the Saints having just played the first NFL game in Paris, the Louisiana Department of Tourism has a delegation in France today to promote Louisiana as a travel destination. Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser says the promotional tour will participate in events in Paris and Lyon…
Nungesser says joining Louisiana Office of Tourism officials on the trip are representatives from local travel and visitor bureaus from across south Louisiana…
The delegation of tourism leaders from Louisiana will conclude their trip on Thursday with a trip to Milan, Italy. Nungesser says the group will look to capture the attention of a growing Italian traveling market…
The delegation will host a media luncheon on Thursday, introducing Italian travel and lifestyle journalists to the sights and flavors of the state. The mission wraps up Thursday night with 40 Milan-area travel agencies, tour operators and media representatives.
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A frustrating Sunday morning for Saints fans as they watch their team lose to the Pittsburgh Steelers 16 to 10 in the first ever NFL game in Paris. New Orleans rushed for just 18 yards. Second-year head coach Kellen Moore knows that’s not good enough…
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The Saints have a bye this week and will look at ways on how they can get their ground game going.
It was a successful return to the field for LSU’s star tight end Trey’Dez Green in the Tigers 38-17 win over Auburn. In Green’s first game since week three, he caught five passes for 50 yards and one touchdown. Coach Lane Kiffin says it was great to have Green back, but got him out of the game early because of how Auburn was trying to bring down the six-foot-seven pass catcher…
ULM’s 14-game losing streak ended on Saturday as the Warhawks scored three touchdowns in the final two-minutes and 34-seconds to upset Troy 21-14. Coach Bryant Vincent was fired up after the gritty win…
The one and six Warhawks return home to host Southern Miss this Saturday.
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The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is asking deer hunters to review the regulations for Chronic Wasting Disease Management zones before heading to the field. Deer Program Manager, Brad Kennon, says CWD Management Zones are smaller this year…
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There are four CWD management zones, located in northeast and central Louisiana. Kennon says this season, hunters may place bait and supplemental feed within a CWD Management Zone from now through March 31st. Kennon says whether baiting is allowed in future seasons depends on the results of CWD sampling…
The CWD sampling goal is 145 samples, which would be deer heads, for each CWD Management Zone. Kennon says on LDWF’s website, hunters can find the location of coolers where they can submit samples. Kennon says two new location sites for coolers have been added this year…