It’s the holiday shopping season and LSU, U-L Lafayette, Louisiana Tech and Grambling State are all looking for head football coaches. There was speculation the Tigers would hire Oklahoma’s Lincoln Riley, but instead, the 38-year-old Texas native took the U-S-C job. Ragin Cajun fans are wishing Billy Napier the best after leaving U-L Lafayette for Florida. It’s unclear who LSU athletic director Scott Woodward will tab as the Tigers new head coach. He’s known for making big-name hires, but the number of big names available is dwindling.

Now back to holiday shopping which is in full swing and today is Cyber Monday. Wallethub analyst Jill Gonzales says if you have the option of zero-percent financing for a limited time or an immediate discount…
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She also warns against using the option of deferred interest on credit cards.

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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Early voting is this week for the December 11th election. Jeremy Alford of La-Politics-dot-com says the hottest candidate race is in Orleans Parish…
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In Ouachita Parish, Richwood Mayor Gerald Brown is facing a recall effort.