The future LIVE! Casino & Hotel in Shreveport-Bossier market is one step closer to opening in 2025. Teiko Foxx has more…
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The SEC has released LSU’s 2024 football schedule and there’s the potential for some big time matchups for Tiger Stadium’s 100th season. Jeff Palermo has more…
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The Cordish Companies has broken ground on the $270 million LIVE! Casino & Hotel in Bossier City. The casino will be built on the site of the former Diamond Jacks casino. Principal of the Cordish Companies Jon Cordish says the LIVE! Casino will be the first land-based in northwest Louisiana.
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The newly renovated casino will feature 47 thousand square feet of gaming space, an upscale hotel, and first-class dining and entertainment venues. President of Cordish Gaming Group Rob Norton says the casino will create 750 permanent jobs and generate over $200 million in economic benefits.
While LIVE! is committed to philanthropy among non-profits in the community, Bossier City Mayor Thomas Chandler believes the company will set a new standard in the tri-state area.
The property is located across from Shreveport with easy access from Texas and Arkansas. The project is expected to be complete by late 2025.
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On this last radio call in the show “Ask the Governor,” Governor John Bel Edwards talked about his plans for the future and traditions he along with other Louisiana governors have participated in before leaving office. Among them is literally leaving his mark…
Another tradition recognized by outgoing presidents is a handwritten personal letter for your successor.
The state constitution only allows a governor to hold office for two consecutive terms. Edwards said he would have run for office again if he could have and even though he and Governor-elect Jeff Landry don’t always agree politically and are members of opposing political parties…
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Edwards and First Lady Donna Edwards will become grandparents for the first time next month.
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LSU’s 2024 football schedule is out and it features several potential Top ten matchups in Tiger Stadium. Assistant Tiger Rag Editor William Weathers says there’s also an interesting non-conference tilt against UCLA, plus Oklahoma makes its first ever appearance in Tiger Stadium….
The SEC goes to 16 teams next year as Texas and Oklahoma joins the conference. The league is also getting rid of divisional play. Weathers says the 2024 schedule look different with South Carolina, Vanderbilt and Oklahoma on it, but not Auburn and Mississippi State
LSU will have back-to-back road games in October against Arkansas and Texas A-and-M. Weathers says in November, LSU has a tough slate of games against Alabama, Florida, Vanderbilt and Oklahoma…
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The Advocate Washington Bureau Chief Mark Ballard believes the vote along party lines for an impeachment inquiry of President Biden is merely pressure from far-right conservatives on Speaker Mike Johnson.
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The vote allows for an investigation to see if the President profited or was involved in any illegal business dealings with his son Hunter Biden. But Ballard points out that an actual impeachment is highly unlikely because there won’t be enough votes Congress convenes.