A big shopping weekend continues today as merchants are advertising big sales. LSU marketing professor Dan Rice says do your research before you shop…
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Rice says the Labor Department has shown price increases over the last year of 13% for TVs, furniture 11% and appliances 7%.

It’s early voting time in Louisiana for the December 11th elections. One of the more noteworthy candidate races is taking place in Orleans Parish where LApolitics.com publisher Jeremy Alford says the long-time sheriff finds himself in a battle with a progressive Democrat….
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In Ouachita Parish, voters in Richwood can recall their mayor Gerald Brown.

The man who’ll chair the Louisiana House Transportation Committee will be dealing with those federal infrastructure dollars recently approved by Congress and the President. More from Dave Brannen.
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Today is the Bayou Classic between Southern and Grambling inside the Superdome at 4 PM. There’s also a rivalry game in Lafayette today as the 23rd ranked Ragin Cajuns host ULM. Tonight is most likely Ed Orgeron’s final game as head coach for the LSU Tigers and speculation is growing Oklahoma’s head coach Lincoln Riley could replace him.