A new statewide poll of 11-hundred Louisiana residents finds 34-percent disapprove of Governor Jindal’s job performance. LSU Political Science Professor Wayne Parent says Louisiana residents are tired of Jindal’s out-of-state travels, when there’s problems to address in this state…

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He says Jindal’s presidential aspirations have rubbed voters the wrong way. The survey was conducted by Public Policy Polling.

Public Service Commission member Scott Angelle announced today he plans to run for governor next year. Angelle says he wants to work with Democrats and other political parties to make Louisiana a better state…

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Angelle is the third major Republican to enter the race after Senator David Vitter and Lt. Governor Jay Dardenne. Amite Representative John Bel Edwards is the lone Democrat in the race.

A lot of people are talking about the two teachers from Destrehan High who were allegedly sexually involved with a 16-year-old male student. Apparently the incident was reported after the victim was bragging about it to other students. But social worker Dave Brashear says just because the teen was bragging, it doesn’t mean what happened is okay with him…

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32-year-old Shelley Dufrense and 24-year-old Rachel Respess are facing felony charges.

The University of Louisiana at Lafayette reports their current graduation rate stands at nearly 48-percent and Ragin’ Cajun student athlete’s graduation rate is at 75-percent, which is the highest in the state…

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Vice President for Enrollment Management, Dr. DeWayne Bowie, says the school’s graduation rate has risen by more than 49-percent over the last decade.