For the third year in a row, Louisiana has increased the number of tourists and set another record for the industry…
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A civil judge in New Orleans has received a confidential mental health report on Saints and Pelicans Owner Tom Benson. Judge Kern Reese has set a hearing for June first to discuss the implications of the report. Spurned heirs to Benson’s estate say Benson is not mentally competent to make important business decisions.

In the state’s governor’s race — US Senator David Vitter has picked up a couple of significant endorsements in Republican Lafayette Congressman Charles Boustany and three-term Lafayette City-Parish President Joey Durrel. UL-Lafayette Political Science Professor Pearson Cross…:
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Cross says this is kind of a slap in the face for gubernatorial candidate Public Service Commissioner Scott Angelle as these endorsements come from his home region.

Former four-term governor Edwin Edwards is now a licensed real estate agent. Edwards says he got his broker’s licence last week and he’s excited at the prospect of getting back to work.…:
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Edwards says that while he wants to focus on commercial properties, he’s just getting started and all options are open.