Senator John Kennedy says he’s not running for governor and will stay in DC to represent the Bayou State. LaPolitics.com publisher Jeremy Alford says his decision brings the focus back to where we were in the fall with about a dozen different politicians considering a gubernatorial run.
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Alford says expect to hear announcements from Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser and State Treasurer John Schroder next week.

The latest U-S Census data shows Louisiana lost nearly 37-thousand residents from July 2021 to July 2022. Louisiana ranks fifth in the country in the number of residents lost. Demographer Greg Rigamer says many leave the state for better paying jobs…
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DOTD has opened one lane on eastbound Interstate 10 where an overpass was damaged at I-10 and Evangeline Thruway. Whitney Thomas reports transportation officials are still expecting delays…
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The work release inmate accused of killing a co-worker at Foster Farms in Farmerville has been arrested in Texas. 48-year-old Bruce Causey allegedly fatally stabbed Ketrick Lavon Calhoun last April and then fled the scene. Authorities found Causey after responding to a verbal domestic incident at home in Pearland, Texas on New Year’s Eve.