Former US Senate candidate and retired Air Force Colonel Rob Maness, a Republican, will run for the US Senate seat that’s being vacated by David Vitter next year. He says even with the large amount of candidates seeking this seat, he feels he’s got a solid following and learned many lessons from his unsuccessful run in 2014…:
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Republican US Representative John Fleming announced his candidacy earlier this week and US Representative Charles Boustany has said he’ll announce soon.

USA Today released it’s annual assistant coaching salaries list Wednesday and found that LSU offensive coordinator Cam Cameron’s total pay ranks second nationally at $1.5 million dollars. Auburn’s Will Muschamp topped the list. The numbers also found that the total LSU staff pay tops the nation at $5.4 million dollars with more than $100,000 in built-in raises.

The percentage of alumni who give to LSU on a regular basis is “dead last” in the Southeastern Football Conference according to LSU Foundation head Stephen Moret. He said on the Jim Engster Show only 6 percent of LSU’s graduates donate money to the universty. Moret says LSU students aren’t being told about giving back to their alma mater and why it matters, which is what needs to change…:
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He says LSU’s endowment per student is tied for last the conference at $420 million.

Part of the Jindal Administration’s plan to plug money into this year’s $487 million dollar budget deficit is to use more than $28 million in Louisiana’s rainy day fund, and lawmakers voted in favor today. Lawmakers were told if the rainy day fund money couldn’t be used, then cuts could head to higher education. Analysts say this plan leaves Governor-elect John Bel Edwards with major budget problems when he takes office in a little over a month.