Governor Bobby Jindal once again finds himself on the outside looking in as he failed to make the main stage in the second Republican presidential candidate debate is tonight on CNN. In an effort to gain attention, Jindal recently began openly criticizing Republican frontrunner Donald Trump. UL-Lafayette Political Science Professor Pearson Cross doesn’t believe this strategy is working for Jindal…

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Jindal will appear in the undercard debate beginning at 5PM.

Republican Jay Dardenne’s first gubernatorial campaign television commercial began airing this week. ULM-Political Science Professor Joshua Stockley believes the ad is coming at a good time because recent polls have shown voters are responding to advertising. He says this is Dardenne’s chance to make a move…

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Dardenne said in a press release that voters don’t have to settle for the same old partisan, scandal plagued politics.

Will travelers need another form of picture ID beginning January 1st because the state is not in compliance with the federal REAL ID Act? Heath Allen, executive director of Lake Charles regional Airport, told a local TV station that Louisiana travelers will be required to have a passport or another form of federal ID in 2016. But State Police Col. Mike Edmonson says that’s not the case right now…

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He says there is no current indication from the federal government that a regular license isn’t enough.

An artist out of Leesville has created a Christmas ornament to help raise funds for the family of the fallen State Trooper Steven Vincent. Owner of JillyBean Studios, Jill Leonard, says she’s raised more than 26-thousand dollars so far…

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The ornament costs 12 dollars and 60 percent of the proceeds go to the widow of Trooper Vincent.