n July, officials announced that the Barksdale Air Show will not be held in 2018 — several Louisiana legislators hope they'll change their minds. In a letter, four legislators are trying to convince BAFB officials to bring the airshow back yearly, citing its economic impact and importance to the area. The letter sponsored by Sen. Bill Cassidy, Sen. John Kennedy, Rep. Ralph Abraham (District 5) and... Read more »
The Regional Training Institute at Camp Minden has at least one advocate in Washington D.C., Fourth Congressional District Congressman Mike Johnson, R, said phase two of the four-phase project is on the top of his radar. “I think I’ve testified three or four different times at various appropriations subcommittees on defense spending,” Johnson said. When I speak of our military installations in the... Read more »
LA - Louisiana Congressman Ralph Abraham wants Barksdale Air Foce Base to reconsider its plans to skip the air show in 2018. In July it was announced that the air show will resume in 2019 and every odd year following. Barksdale cited high costs to 2nd Bomb Wing mission; using 2,500 Airmen per day for three days and nearly 46,000 man-hours during the year for planning and executing the air show. Co... Read more »
LA - Louisiana Congressman Ralph Abraham wants Barksdale Air Foce Base to reconsider its plans to skip the air show in 2018. In July it was announced that the air show will resume in 2019 and every odd year following. Barksdale cited high costs to 2nd Bomb Wing mission; using 2,500 Airmen per day for three days and nearly 46,000 man-hours during the year for planning and executing the air show. Co... Read more »
Property taxes are going down in Webster Parish for a third time since 2013. Tax Assessor Morris Guin announced Tuesday he’s returning $500,000 to taxpayers through reduced property assessments. That brings the total amount of tax savings to $1.5 million in the past four years. “In today’s environment, when tax increases are often proposed as a quick fix solution to solving our national and state... Read more »
Barksdale Air Force Base announced in July that its popular air show, which typically takes place over one weekend each spring, would now only be held in odd-numbered years. Four legislators are asking Barksdale to reconsider those plans, emphasizing the event’s economic impact and importance to the area. In an Aug. 29 letter addressed to Gen. Robin Rand, commander of Air Force Global Strike Comma... Read more »
House Republicans are not letting a Planned Parenthood scandal die. After reviewing and investigating David Daleiden's undercover investigation, the House Select Committee on Infant Lives has turned over its findings to the Department of Justice, calling for criminal prosecution. U.S. Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) is one of 18 members who signed a letter calling on the DOJ to prosecute Planned Parentho... Read more »
The U.S. Department of Transportation today announced the Shreveport Airport Authority will receive a $150,000 grant to fund the design for an 800-foot runway extension. In addition Beauregard Parish Airport will receive a $142,712 grant to rehabilitate 62,500 square yards of the existing apron that will aim to maintain the structural integrity of the pavement. In pledging to continue to work towa... Read more »
Members of Congress say a Louisiana man has been detained in Guatemala since March after bullets were found in his luggage during an airport scan. Sen. Bill Cassidy and Rep. Mike Johnson say Zachary Wilson of Shreveport was arrested following a church mission trip. Johnson's office released a copy of a July letter to Gladys Marithza Ruiz de Vielman, then the Guatemalan ambassador to the United Sta... Read more »
In the wake of hurricanes Harvey and Irma, Gulf Coast supporters of reforming the national flood insurance program are ramping up efforts to get Congress to act. “It’s going to put more attention on" concerns about the flood insurance program, said Windell Curole, general manager for the South Lafourche Levee District Board of Commissioners. Curole and dozens of others, including several from Loui... Read more »
