Vice-President Mike Pence visits Baton Rogue today to appear at a private fundraiser for GOP gubernatorial candidate Eddie Rispone. It’s the second trip to Louisiana for Pence during the campaign, which also saw a visit from President Trump, who held a rally in Lake Charles. Political analyst Bernie Pinsonat says Edwards received 59 percent of the vote in Calcasieu parish in the 2015 run-off, but in the October primary, he only got 44-percent…
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An Accountemps survey shows nine in ten workers admit to coming into work with cold or flu-like symptoms. Senior Recruiting Manager for Robert Half in New Orleans, Carrie Lewis, says bosses should set the expectation that sick workers can stay home…
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Assumption Parish native Dan Brouillette is set to become the next energy secretary of the United States as he awaits Senate confirmation. Brouillette is a Deputy Secretary within the Department of Energy and he says advancements in technology is a major push by the government agency…
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Brouillette says the department is currently working on advancements in nuclear energy.

The Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge in southwest Louisiana is celebrating its 100th anniversary. Scooter Trosclair with the state department of wildlife and fisheries says the 70-thousand acres of coastal land is a haven for wildlife, bird and fish species. Trosclair says important research also took place there in the 50s, 60s and 70s to protect the American alligator…
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