Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has named Ohio SEnator J-D Vance as his running mate. Vance gained fame in 2016 with the publication of his memoir “Hillbilly Elegy.” The former Marine and Yale graduate was elected to the Senate in 2022. He’s only 39-years-old. But Republican state Treasurer John Fleming believes his youth is the foundation for the future of the Republican Party…
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Republican megadonor Lane Grigsby, who’s appealing to Louisiana lawmakers to hold a Constitutional Convention so the changes could appear on the fall ballot, made his case at the Baton Rouge Press Club Monday. He says the state’s constitution is broken.
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Louisiana’s first wind turbine and its components have arrived in the state after a transatlantic trip from Ireland. Mel Bridges has more.
Cut 1 (31) “…I’m Mel Bridges.”

The tropics remain quiet. The National Hurricane Center is not expecting any tropical activity for the next week.