The four major candidates for governor will appear in a statewide televised debate at 6PM on Louisiana Tech’s campus. Political Analyst Clancy Dubos says he expects to see Republicans Scott Angelle and Jay Dardenne, attempt to break out and distinguish themselves…

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Dubois feels the two front runners, Republican David Vitter and Democrat John Bel Edwards, will maintain their position.

The LSU Mammal Curator has discovered a new species while surveying in Indonesia. Jake Esselstyn found a new rodent never seen before. He says he and his team trapped a type of screw rat, while traveling up a mountain on the island of Sulawesi…

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Esselstyn says this species is called the Hog-nosed rat.

The 2016-17 Louisiana Economic Outlook report shows the state’s economy will continue to feel the effects of low oil prices, but industrial booms in certain areas will create major job growth. Economist and co-author of the report Dr. Loren Scott says the biggest gains will be seen from Baton Rouge to Lake Charles…

cut 10 (11) “under construction”

Meanwhile Scott says growth in the northern part of the state will remain mostly stagnant over the next couple of years with just a small amount of job losses predicted.