District 4 Public Service Commission member Mike Francis says he will run for Secretary of State this fall: challenging incumbent Kyle Ardoin. Francis tells LRN several local clerks of court – who handle elections on the local level who feel Ardoin doesn’t communicate with them. The Heritage Foundation currently ranks Louisiana’s election system #6 of 50 states for integrity. Francis says if elected, he’ll work to further improve that rating.
Cut 12 (11) “…elections are done.”
But Ardoin says it’s nothing more than campaign rhetoric from his fellow Republican challenger.
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Also running for Secretary of State is Republican Brandon Trosclair, an Ascension Parish businessman.
LSU and the state’s largest ports announce a partnership that the university says will produce more cybersecurity grads and at the same time protect the states’ ports from cyber threats. LSU President William Tate says a vulnerable port can have major repercussions…
Cut 5 (12) “…United States’s economy.”
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries agents are searching for Neuty, a 22-pound nutria that a Jefferson Parish couple treated as a pet. When located Neuty will be moved to the Baton Rouge Zoo to become a part of an educational exhibit. LDWF Spokesperson Ed Pratt…
The couple has had the nutria since 2020 and after stories circulated about Neuty the department decided to confiscate the rodent, but Nuety is reportedly with the couple’s son on a joyride.