Along with agriculture and oil and gas, the seafood industry is an important economic driver for south Louisiana.U.S. Rep. Clay Higgins, whose 3rd Congressional District covers St. Mary and St....
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Abbeville Meridional: Higgins talks Border Wall, Tariffs, and Immigration
Border security, immigration and the effects of tariffs have been hot-button topics throughout the nation.As far as U.S. Rep. Clay Higgins is concerned, important details of those subjects are...
GOP Rep: ‘Surprised’ & ‘Disturbed’ to See So Many Dems Vote ‘Present’ on Resolution Supporting ICE
Rep. Clay Higgins (R-La.) said he was "surprised" and "disturbed" to see so many House Democrats decline to get behind legislation expressing support for Immigration and Customs Enforcement...
GOP bill applauding ICE approved in House
The House passed a resolution Wednesday expressing support for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, as a growing number of liberals in the Democratic Party has called to abolish the...
U.S. House Passes Modern Fish Act
Sportsmen's groups and boating/fishing associations across the country celebrated last week's U.S. House passage of H.R. 200, a bill entitled "Modernizing Recreational Fisheries Management Act of...
Protecting state’s seafood producers
U.S. Rep. Clay Higgins is pushing legislation that would protect Louisiana's seafood producers by banning imports of foreign seafood that doesn't meet federal standards for manufacturing, processing...
Rep. Higgins seeks to raise the standard on imported seafood
Southwest Louisiana US Congressman Clay Higgins is introducing legislation that would require imported seafood be held to the same safety standards as American seafood. The Imported Seafood Safety...
Port of West St. Mary to get $1.3M for Workforce Development
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department's Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.3 million grant to the Port of West St. Mary to help build an...
Higgins Named “Taxpayer Hero”
Louisiana congressman Steve Scalise was one of just 11 members of the U.S. House of Representatives to be rated a "Taxpayer Super Hero" by the government watchdog group the Council for Citizens...
Daily Review: Port to Get $28M More in Dredging Funds
Dredging funds keep flowing in to the Port of Morgan City.Just three months after learning that the port's annual funds to dredge its waterways will double in 2019, port leaders learned they will...
School Security focus of Higgins’ Proposals
U.S. Rep. Clay Higgins recently submitted two bills to Congress that would change the landscape of school security for the country's 95,230 public schools.House Resolution 5242 calls for collecting...
Higgins hosts roundtable on school safety
Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) hosted a school safety roundtable today with representatives from school districts and law enforcement agencies across Louisiana's 3rd District.School superintendents...
Congressman Clay Higgins on school safety
Higgins spoke with KPLC to preview a meeting on school safety Tuesday in Lafayette."It's apart of the national narrative as it should be," Higgins said.Higgins said he'll be taking a step back, and...
American Press: Great News for LA Families
For Louisiana's Entergy customers, it's going to be a very nice summer.Entergy Louisiana has announced that it will be dropping its rates by 5 percent, starting in May. The first of the reductions...
Congressman visits Lafayette food bank
Congressman Clay Higgins visited Lafayette to learn more about hunger affecting people in the district. He met with Second Harvest Food Bank staff and toured their facility.The organization provides...
Business seeing the effects of Trump’s tax cuts and job act
The corporate tax rate slashed from 35 percent to 21 percent, but are any of those tax savings businesses are getting being passed on to customers?Entergy Louisiana customers can expect an average...
Rates going down next month for Entergy customers; see why, how much to expect
Homes that buy their electricity from Entergy Louisiana will see their monthly bills drop nearly 5 percent starting with the May invoice coming out in the next two weeks.It's part of a write-off of...
Spy Theft of U.S. University Research Sparks Call for Action
Lawmakers are calling for measures to combat foreign countries' alleged theft of American universities' research and scientific discoveries.More careful screenings of incoming foreign students could...
Rep. Clay Higgins: ‘Cultural change’ needed to improve school security
U.S. Rep. Clay Higgins envisions a future with a new class of police officers working in the nation's schools.Higgins said these would be Tactical School Resource Officers, or TSROs. His idea is to...
Omega Protein launches largest vessel in Louisiana, F/V Vermilion
ABBEVILLE - (PRESS RELEASE) Omega Protein is pleased to announce the launch of its newest and largest fishing vessel operating in Louisiana, the F/V Vermilion, to start the 2018 Gulf of Mexico...