Senator Bill Cassidy continues to hammer Congresswoman Julia Letlow in the Republican Senate primary for previously supporting DEI policies. In videos from 2020 when Letlow was seeking to be the president at ULM, she told the search committee she was committed to a more diverse faculty. Cassidy also claims Letlow wanted to open the school’s first DEI division.

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In a statement released by her campaign, Letlow says DEI was presented in higher education as a way to encourage people to achieve the American dream, but now she sees it as a tool for the radical left to divide people, push indoctrination and hold people down instead of lifting them up.

Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser is looking forward to 2026 being a big year of tourism for Louisiana. He says Louisiana has several events planned to celebrate America’s 250th birthday.

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A new report from the Data Center out of New Orleans says Louisiana’s job growth has been almost flat since the 2014 oil price crash. Jeff Palermo has the story.

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Oak Grove basketball star Caroline Bradley has committed to Kim Mulkey and the LSU Lady Tigers. Bradley is a five-star prospect, who is ranked as the nation’s number one center. Bradley is six-foot-five and averaged 27 points, 17 rebounds and three blocked shots per game for Oak Grove in her senior season. She talked about why she chose to join Coach Mulkey’s team…

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