There’s a statewide televised debate tonight involving all seven major candidates for governor hosted by Nexstar Media Group. The debate is only an hour long. Lapolitics-dot-com publisher Jeremy Alford hopes the candidates have enough time to talk…
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Republican Jeff Landry, who is the frontrunner, did not participate in the first debate. Alford says Landry will not be afraid to respond to any criticism.
A recent directive issued by Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon orders agents to notify their Louisiana Citizen policyholders when they receive an offer to be placed with an affordable insurer in the private market. The insurance commissioner is concerned agents may be putting their own interests ahead of their policyholders.
Louisiana Tech University President Dr. Les Guice says he will retire at the end of the year. Guice says the student body is stronger and more engaged than ever and the freshman class is the largest in the school’s history.
Guice has served the institution for 45 years, the last 10 as president.
Today is National Prisoner of War – Missing in Action Recognition Day and the Missing Man Table has been placed in the state capital in honor of those servicemen. Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs spokesperson Brandee Patrick…
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Patrick says there are still 1,143 servicemen missing.