Author Archives: Jeff Palermo
Taxes a big issue in first televised gubernatorial debate
The state's sales tax rate is 4.45-percent one of the highest in the country. During the first televised gubernatorial debate, the candidates were asked about reducing the state sales tax back to four...
Sep 20, 2019
Gun Control, Abortion, Gas Taxes: Recent polling breaks down the views of Louisiana residents
A new poll from Nexstar Media Group finds that 47% of respondents support a higher gas tax if used on a $14 billion backlog on transportation projects. 33% are in opposition and 21% are undecided. JMC...
Sep 20, 2019 Dick Clark / CC
Private schools will not play their football championships in the Dome
Louisiana's private high schools will not host their football championships in the Superdome this season as a result of their organizational split from public schools earlier this year. CEO of the Lou...
Sep 20, 2019 Phil Roeder / CC
Governor Edwards defends his record on the economy in first televised debate
Governor John Bel Edwards spent Thursday night's gubernatorial debate defending his record. Republican Congressman Ralph Abraham blamed Edwards for the state's struggling economy. "Governor, you said ...
Sep 20, 2019
West Nile cases much lower than this time in 2018
The state health department reports only a handful of human West Nile virus cases, only 12 this year compared to 79 at this time last year. State Epidemiologist Raoult Ratard says heavy rainfall this ...
Sep 20, 2019 John Tann / CC
Metairie Republican calls Rispone's criminal justice reform attacks "disingenuous"
Metairie Senator Danny Martiny says Republican gubernatorial candidate Eddie Rispone's attacks on the 2017 Legislative criminal justice reform package are off-base, and not true. Rispone's TV ads clai...
Sep 19, 2019
Another poll has Edwards leading, but the race is expected to go into a runoff
A new poll on the governor's race funded by the Nexstar Media Group has Governor Edwards receiving 41% of the vote, Republican Congressman Ralph Abraham 24% and GOP businessman Eddie Rispone at 16%. J...
Sep 19, 2019 Matt Brown / CC
Edwards responds to surplus critics
Governor Edwards says the estimated 500-million-dollar surplus for the last fiscal year is evidence Louisiana's economy is doing well. Critics say the surplus is evidence that the .45 percent sale tax...
Sep 19, 2019
Woman pleads guilty to stealing 1.1 million from program for poor, hungry children
A Cotton Valley woman has pleaded guilty to stealing 1.1 million dollars from a federal program dedicated to feeding poor children. US Attorney David Joseph says 59-year-old Myrna Quarles set up a pro...
Sep 19, 2019 Yuya Tamai / CC
Gubernatorial candidates square off at LSU tonight in televised debate
The three major candidates for Governor will square off tonight at LSU for the first televised gubernatorial debate of the race. Governor Edwards hopes to hold on as the southeast's only Democratic go...
Sep 19, 2019
