State Treasurer John Kennedy says the state’s higher education funding crisis has led to national investors pulling out of a 114-million dollar bond deal that would have been used to fund construction projects on LSU’s campus. Kennedy says this is not a welcome development…
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Kennedy is concerned other universities in Louisiana will have state bond issues as well.

The LaSalle Parish Sheriff’s Office has charged 37-year-old Randy Eugene Waits in the double murder of 19-year-old Kylie Duncan and 76-year-old Irma Cotton. Sheriff Scott Franklin says the brutal murder scene happened in Urania…:
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He says the teen was shot and her throat slit and the older woman was shot in the head. Waits is charged with two counts of first-degree murder and more charges are possible.

Lt. Governor Jay Dardenne announces he’s raised nearly three million dollars in his pursuit to become the state’s next governor and has one-point-eight million dollars in campaign cash on hand. Senator David Vitter reported earlier this week he has four-point-two million in his campaign warchest.

Bruce Jenner, the 1976 Olympic Gold medalist and reality TV star, will reportedly confirm to the world tonight that he is transgender. Michelle Southern reports…
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