The gubernatorial runoff is off and running as the Louisiana Sheriff’s Association has endorsed Democratic candidate John Bel Edwards. LA-Politics-dot-com publisher Jeremy Alford says Republican David Vitter made an aggressive push to get an early endorsement from the Sheriffs. He says Edwards comes from a long line of law enforcement so he had more of an advantage when it came to getting their support…

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Vitter did get the support of the state’s Oil and Gas Political Action Committee.

World Health Organization researchers have found a link between processed meats, like ham and sausage, and cancer. The group placed processed meats in the same danger category as cigarettes and asbestos. Leigh Ann Burns, Registered Dietician with the LSU Health Sciences Center, says people should not equate the cancer risk of eating processed meats to cigarettes…

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The meat industry says the classification is unfair because cancer is a complex disease not caused by a single food.

Secretary of State Tom Schedler hopes for a larger voter turn out for the November 21st runoff. The headline items on the November 21st ballot are the governor, lt. governor, and attorney general races. Schedler says there are another 153 races to be decided statewide.

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Only 39-percent of voters participated in the primary.

There’s a lot of anticipation for the top-10 matchup between LSU and Alabama on November 7th. Tuscaloosa Tourism and Sports’s Brant Garrison says she’s not sure if this game is as big as 2011′s “Game of the Century”, but it’s always more fun when there’s something on the table to be won…

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LSU is the only undefeated team in the SEC and are one game ahead of Alabama in the standings.