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6-26-18

FORMER NEW YORK MAYOR RUDY GIULIANI WAS IN LAFAYETTE YESTERDAY CAMPAIGNING FOR THIRD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT CANDIDATE JOSH GUILLORY.  GIULIANA, WHOSE GIRLFRIEND, JENNIFER LEBLANC, IS FINANCE DIRECTOR FOR GUILLORY’S CAMPAIGN, SAYS HE BELIEVES IN ENCOURAGING YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE WORTHY CANDIDATES.  LEBLANC USED TO WORK FOR THE CAMPAIGN OF INCUMBENT CLAY HIGGINS AND HAS NOT EXPLAINED WHY THAT WORK ENDED.  PRESIDENT TRUMP LAST THURSDAY ENDORSED HIGGINS AND THE STATE REPUBLICAN PARTY ALSO ANNOUNCED ITS ENDORSEMENT FOR HIGGINS YESTERDAY.

 

THE DEATH OF A FOUR-YEAR-OLD BOY IN OAKDALE SATURDAY HAS BEEN RULED ACCIDENTAL BY POLICE.  CHIEF OF DETECTIVES GRANT WILLIS SAYS KY’MARLEY HARRINGTON GOT AHOLD OF A LOADED GUN AT THE FAMILY HOME ON PRATER STREET AND IT ACCIDENTALLY WENT OFF, KILLING HIM.  WILLIS SAYS THERE WAS NO FOUL PLAY BUT THEY WILL CONDUCT A FULL INVESTIGATION TO DETERMINE IF THERE WAS ANY NEGLIGENCE.  WILLIS SAYS IT’S A REMINDER TO KEEP GUNS SECURE AND OUT OF THE REACH OF CHILDREN.

 

NO CHARGES OR CITATIONS HAVE BEEN ISSUED AFTER A TWO-YEAR-OLD BOY ACCIDENTALLY SHOT HIMSELF IN PORT BARRE SUNDAY.  MEGAN KELLY REPORTS.

 

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Louisiana lawmakers not only passed a tax deal to avert immediate and deep budget cuts, they backed an agreement that gives the state more financial certainty than it’s had in years.  After a decade of short-term, patchwork budget fixes through former Gov. Bobby Jindal’s tenure and in the first year of Gov. John Bel Edwards’ term, lawmakers agreed to a seven-year tax.  That’s practically a lifetime in the Louisiana Capitol, extending through this Legislature’s term and the next four-year term as well.  The 0.45 percent sales tax approved before lawmakers wrapped up their work Sunday will expire in mid-2025.

 

OFFICIALS AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AND CLINICS IN LAFAYETTE LEARNED YESTERDAY THAT THE HOSPITAL WILL REMAIN OPEN BECAUSE OF THE BUDGET DEAL.  OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, THE HOSPITAL HAS BEEN THREATENED WITH BEING CLOSED BECAUSE OF PENDING BUDGET CUTS.  IN A STATEMENT, LAFAYETTE GENERAL HEALTH PRESIDENT DAVID CALLECOD SAID THEY FEEL MUCH BETTER KNOWING THE FUNDING WILL BE THERE NEXT YEAR AND THE BUDGET WILL BE MORE STABLE OVER THE NEXT SEVEN YEARS.  HE SAID HE’S PROUD OF THE U-H-C EMPLOYEES WHO MAINTAINED A POSITIVE ATTITUDE AND NEVER WAVERED ON PATIENT CARE.

 

THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT HAS BEGUN A PROJECT TO HELP PREVENT CARS FROM CROSSING THE MEDIAN ON I-TEN IN CALCASIEU AND JEFF DAVIS PARISHES.  THEY ARE INSTALLING CABLE BARRIERS FROM JENNINGS TO LAKE CHARLES, WHICH SHOULD BE COMPLETE BY NEXT YEAR.  IN 2020 THEY PLAN TO ADD CABLE BARRIERS ON I-210.  THE AMERICAN TRAFFIC SAFETY SERVICES ASSOCIATION SAYS CABLE BARRIERS REDUCE FATAL CRASHES BY 66 PERCENT AND SERIOUS INJURIES FROM THESE CRASHES BY 81 PERCENT.

 

FIFTY-FOUR G-P-S UNITS HAVE BEEN ADDED TO ST. MARTIN PARISH GOVERNMENT VEHICLES.  PARISH PRESIDENT CHESTER CEDARS TELLS KLFY THAT IT’S PART OF AN EFFORT TO SAVE MONEY AND BE MORE ACCOUNTABLE AND MORE EFFICIENT.  A NEW VEHICLE POLICY HAS ALSO BEEN IMPLEMENTED WHICH SETS THE PARAMETERS FOR WHO CAN USE A VEHICLE AND WHEN.  THE G-P-S SYSTEMS COST THE PARISH ELEVEN THOUSAND DOLLARS AND A THOUSAND DOLLARS A MONTH FOR UPKEEP, BUT CEDARS SAYS THE INSURANCE RATES FOR THE PARISH HAS GONE DOWN.

 

Legislation asking Gov. John Bel Edwards to recall Louisiana National Guard troops at the border until families who entered illegally are reunited with their children has fizzled.  New Orleans Democratic Sen. J.P. Morrell didn’t bring the measure up for Senate consideration before the special session adjourned Sunday night, amid a lack of support for it.  Louisiana has a three-person National Guard team and one helicopter at the Texas border.  Morrell and other Democrats who supported it said the legislation wasn’t an attack on Edwards, but showed that Louisiana doesn’t approve of the Trump administration’s approach to illegal immigration.