Add state Senator Sharon Hewitt to the list of those running for Governor this fall. Hewitt is chair of the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee and says – in her private professional life – she has acquired the business savvy to run the state…:
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Hewitt is the third person this week to announce they are running for governor. Republican State Treasurer John Schroder and Lake Charles attorney Hunter Lundy, an Independent, also got in the race. Attorney General Jeff Landry is the front-runner. Political analyst Bernie Pinsonat says that’s because Landry secured the Republican Party’s nomination last year…
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The primary is in October.

The lineup for Jazz Fest is out, and organizers say this year they are back in their full glory. Brooke Thorington has more
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A Mega Millions ticket bought in Maine is worth one-point-three-five billion dollars as it matched the winning numbers from last night’s drawing. The jackpot was the second largest in Mega Millions history and the fourth time the game has surpassed a billion dollar jackpot.