Lt. Governor candidate Elbert Guillory is raising some eyebrows with his television commercial featuring former President Lyndon B Johnson using the N-word. Guillory is a black Republican and says the ad is an attempt to persuade blacks not to automatically vote for Democrats. The state senator said on the Jim Engster Show he’s only heard from a few people who are upset about the commercial…

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The ad only aired in the New Orleans market.

A recent study by WalletHub shows Louisiana is the 7th worst state for women’s equality. The study ranked Louisiana 49th in the gender gap for political representation, as well as the gender pay gap. LSU Women’s Center Director Summer Steib believes we should start looking at what can advance women in the workplace and encourage them to run for political office…

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Only five companies placed bids on 33 tracts in the western Gulf of Mexico during a federal oil lease sale in New Orleans. Michelle Southern reports…

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The DeSoto Parish Sheriff’s Office has arrested a teenager in connection with a stabbing death. When officers arrived on the scene in Mansfield, they found Yolanda Hunter suffering from stab wounds. Hunter was transported to a local hospital where she succumbed to her injuries. Authorities determined that a 15-year-old male relative was responsible. The juvenile was located and arrested without incident. His name has not been released.