Readers of Travel + Leisure magazine named New Orleans the number four city in the US. Halen Doughty has more…
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LSU head gymnastics coach DD Breaux has been named the Most Outstanding Coach in Louisiana by the Greater New Orleans Sports Foundation. Michelle Southern reports.
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New Orleans has been named the number four city in the US by readers of Travel +Leisure. Kristian Sonnier with the New Orleans CVB says the magazine ranked cities based on six categories, including culture, friendliness, shopping, and overall value. He says the Big Easy stood out in some key areas.
Sonnier says one key draw to the city of New Orleans is that it’s always changing, giving visitors something new to see on each trip. He says the restaurant boom has been huge, and new hotels are popping up and transforming whole neighborhoods.
Sonnier says the CVB works around the clock to ensure New Orleans remains at the top of these rankings. He says when you’re beating cities like Boston, Chicago, and New York, you’re clearly doing something right. He hopes this newest recognition will attract more visitors to the Crescent City.
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LSU head gymnastics coach DD Breaux has been named the Most Outstanding Coach in Louisiana by the Greater New Orleans Sports Foundation. Also the Dean of Southeastern Conference Coaches, Breaux just completed her 40th season in 2017, which was the Tigers most dominant in school history. Breaux says being recognized by people outside of gymnastics means a lot:
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LSU finished as the NCAA National Runner-up for the 2nd straight year this past season. Breaux was named to the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame in June. She credits her success in her tenure to a great staff and dedicated student athletes…:
Breaux along with 23 other individuals and three teams will be honored at the Greater New Orleans Sports Hall of Fame Banquet on August 5th at the Mercedes Benz Superdome. LSU gymnastics is famous for packing the PMAC for their meets and having a ton of fan interest. Breaux says the school does a great job at branding gymnastics…:
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A recreational fisherman’s group in Louisiana calls the lawsuit filed by two environmental organizations over the extended red snapper season in the Gulf of Mexico ridiculous. The suit claims the additional fishing time puts red snapper recovery at risk. But David Cresson of the Coastal Conservation Association of Louisiana says suing is what these groups do:
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Cresson says at the rate the extended 39 day season is currently going, Louisiana will be able to catch red snapper without overfishing the state’s overall portion of the quota. He says the notion that Louisiana would mismanage this opportunity was ridiculous to begin with…:
One of the groups filing the lawsuit is the Environmental Defense Fund. Its Director of the Gulf of Mexico Oceans Program, Robert Jones, says the expanded season causes concern for 7.4 million pounds of overfishing:
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Jones says his hope is to get rid of fixed seasons because they are of no benefit to the anglers. He says this suit catalyzes change for more flexible access in the future…:
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A new national poll by Morning Consult finds Governor John Bel Edwards has a 58-percent approval rating. Southern Media and Opinion research had Edwards at 54% in May, and pollster Bernie Pinsonat says being in the mid to upper 50s is good for any governor, especially a Democrat in Louisiana.
Pinsonat says Edwards was in the 60-percentage range in the fall of last year, and depending on the future of the economy here, that could end up happening for the governor again…:
Pinsonat says even though Edwards saw a drop in his approval ratings in the spring, it appears that’s leveling off…: