Nextstar Media which owns several TV stations in Louisiana has paid for a poll on the governor’s race that shows Attorney General Jeff Landry with a commanding lead in the governor’s race. Jeff Palermo has more…
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Forecasters are monitoring possible tropical development in the Gulf of Mexico early next week. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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Discount supermarket chain Aldi is set to purchase nearly 400 Winn-Dixie and Harvey Supermarkets from Southeastern Grocers in a cash deal expected to close in the first half of 2024. LSU Economist Jim Richardson says the deal is part of Aldi’s long-term plan to expand.
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Aldi opened a $100 million regional headquarter in Alabama at the start of the year which has fueled its rapid expansion across the Gulf Coast. Richardson believes for now they will probably keep the familiar red-and-white Winn-Dixie branding.
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Richardson says Aldi has eleven locations in Louisiana. He says the acquisition will give Aldi hundreds of more stores in the southeast
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Aldi will open a store in Central on August 31 and three stores in Baton Rouge and Marrero are under construction.
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A poll paid for by Nexstar Media shows Attorney General Jeff Landry with a big lead over his opponents in the governor’s race. Emerson College Polling surveyed likely voters earlier this week and 40-percent of the respondents support Landry. Political Analyst Bernie Pinsonat says this poll shows Landry receiving 50-percent of the vote on October 14th is possible
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If Landry receives at least 50-percent of the vote in the primary, he can win the race without the need of a run-off.
The closest to Landry is Democrat Shawn Wilson at 22-percent. The rest of the candidates are in the single digits. Pinsonat says Landry’s opponents need to do something to shake up the race…
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The poll also asked voters who they like in the Secretary of State and Attorney General races. The percentage of unlikely voters for the next Secretary of State is 66-percent and even higher in the A-G race at 80-percent. Pinsonat says voters are not familiar with the candidates in these races, despite their efforts to run a grass roots campaign…
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The race for Insurance Commissioner was decided yesterday after one of the two candidates dropped out of the race. Republican Tim Temple is now commissioner-elect. Governor John Bel Edwards who says he personally knows Temple, congratulated him on his monthly call-in radio show
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Temple ran for commissioner in 2019 against incumbent Jim Donelon. Temple was already planning to run again this year before Donelon announced he would not seek re-election. Edwards says with the state facing an insurance crisis he’s pleased Temple is willing to take on the job.
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After qualifying just last week, Democrat Rich Weaver of Prairieville withdrew from the race.
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The National Hurricane Center says there’s the possibility of some tropical activity in the Gulf of Mexico next week. Louisiana Radio Network meteorologist John Wetherbee says the low pressure area has yet to develop, but a tropical wave coming out of the Bahamas could show signs of developing by the beginning of next week…
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Hurricane forecasters say the broad area of low pressure could form in either the central or western Gulf of Mexico and then move towards the Texas coastline. Wetherbee says this is certainly worth monitoring…
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