Mississippi-based Triumph Campaigns conducted an automated survey on the governor’s race. Based on 16-hundred responses, Republican David Vitter received 31-percent, Democrat John Bel Edwards had 30-percent and Republican Scott Angelle had 14-percent. Jeremy Alford of la-politics-dot-com, says it appears Angelle’s TV commercials are working, because he previously polled in the single digits…
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Republican Jay Dardenne received 11-percent in this poll.

State Police issue a traffic advisory because of lane closures that are taking place this weekend in Grosse Tete, just west of the I-10 Mississippi Bridge. Trooper Bryan Lee says the lane closures are for road improvement work. He says construction crews will be present so use caution…
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The Louisiana Film and Entertainment Association drops plans to file a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a new law that capped the film tax credit program. Michelle Southern has the story…
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One performance down, three more to go for Country music superstar Garth Brooks as he’s peforming this weekend at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans. His first show in Louisiana in nearly two decades was last night, he’ll have two more tonight and then wrap up his stop in the Big Easy tomorrow night.