The latest Public Policy Polling survey shows Governor Bobby Jindal continuing to poll in the single digits in Iowa. But polling analyst Jim Williams says a positive sign for Jindal is that his favorability rating is 59-percent…

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The poll of nearly 500 Republican primary voters last weekend showed four-percent said they would like to see Jindal receive the GOP nomination for President.

The 2014-15 school year saw a record number of students graduating from the state’s technical and community colleges. Louisiana Community and Technical College System President Dr. Monty Sullivan says 70 percent of graduates go directly into high demand jobs and they’re making wages that are enough to sustain a family…

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Sullivan says they’re projecting that they need to produce about 40-thousand graduates to meet the workforce demands for Louisiana in 2020.

Louisiana’s October 24th primary election is one month from today. UL-Lafayette Political Science Professor Pearson Cross says it appears the governor’s race is finally starting to heat up. He says we’re beginning to see some hostility among the candidates and that’s something everyone’s been waiting for…

cut 8 (07) “now gone”

Cross says with all four major gubernatorial candidates running television ads and taking shots at each other, it finally feels like election season.

Today marks the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Rita and many remember the destruction it caused only a month after Katrina. Lafayette Congressman Charles Boustany recalls the immense flooding and tornadoes that slammed into southwest Louisiana. He says the only fortunate thing that came out of this tragic event was there were no lives lost.

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Boustany says both Cameron and Calcasieu Parishes showed extreme resilience and entrepreneurship after the storm.