US Senator David Vitter announces that he has raised over $5.2 million in his campaign for governor, with $4.2 million in cash on hand. ULM Political Science Professor Joshua Stockley says that’s a good start…
CUT 9 (12) Q: “15 million”
More than $1.1 million dollars was raised by Vitter in the first quarter of this year.

Today marks the fifth anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon explosion and a documentary filmmaker says the event and aftermath still affect those were involved. Margaret Brown, director and producer of the documentary “The Great Invisible”, says some of those stories were tough…
CUT 3 (08) “to listen to”
The documentary airs tonight at 9:30 pm on LPB.
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State lawmakers are consideringa bill that would reduce funds from the state’s road and bridge fund to State Police. Right now, the state diverts about $65 million a year from the Transportation Trust Fund to State Police. Lafayette Representative Terry Landry -who is a former State Police Commander- says Louisianians are demanding better roads…:
CUT 14 (11) Q: “Trust fund”

There’s been a slight rise in Louisiana gas prices in the past week, mainly because of the increase in oil prices. But Gas-buddy-dot-com senior petroleum analyst Gregg Laskoski believes that traders in the market overreacted to the rise in oil prices and the bump in inventory…
CUT 8 (9) Q: “declining prices”