Governor Bobby Jindal is in Cleveland today getting ready to participate in a debate involving the second tier Republican Presidential candidates. Jindal did not poll well enough to get invited to the prime time debate featuring the major candidates on Fox News. But a super PAC supporting Jindal has paid for a commercial to run in Iowa during the debate. Political Analyst Bernie Pinsonat…

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Pinsonat says the smaller debate is still a time for Jindal to get good national exposure

The Louisiana AARP is holding a governor’s forum today in Baton Rouge but US Senator David Vitter is the one major candidate out of the four that will not attend. Political Analyst Clancy Dubos says the closer we get to the election, the more important it is for all the candidates to attend forums.

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The State Troopers Association is hosting a forum on Saturday and all four candidates are expected to attend.

The Louisiana Department of Education announces that high school students in the state earned more than 13-hundred more qualifying scores on Advanced Placement exams in 2015 than 2014. Superintendent John White says this is a 20 percent increase in A-P test scores, which are the nation’s most challenging academic assessment given to students across the country.

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He says this is an 89 percent increase in scores from 2012. White attributes the growth to an increase in kids deciding to participate in rigorous A-P courses.