State Education Superintendent John White says plans to implement Common Core in public schools are moving forward. Jeff Palermo has the story…

CUT 2 (31) “reporting”

Shreveport Police detectives are investigating a shooting at Shreveport Regional Airport late last night. The initial investigation showed that this was based on a disput between a cab driver and a security officer. No one was injured.

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In the Louisiana US Senate race, the political sparring has just started to heat up in statements and on TV ads. Republican Bill Cassidy has accused incumbent Democratic Senator Mary Landrieu of having strong ties to President Obama, while Landrieu says this is just a diversion from the real issues in the campaign…;
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But Cassidy says his main message to voters is that can do better than we’re doing right now…:

CUT 12 (13) “97% of the time”

Today is the first day of qualifying for candidates, which runs through Friday.