The latest campaign finance numbers are in for the 2026 U-S Senate race for the three main Republican candidates. Incumbent Bill Cassidy has nine-million dollars on hand. State Treasurer John Fleming has 2.1-million dollars to spend, and State Senator Blake Miguez has 1.7. La-politics-dot-com publisher Jeremy Alford says Fleming’s and Miguez’s campaigns are mostly self-funded, which is not unusual.
Cut 4 (08) “….their own money”
The State Capitol is undergoing a thorough exterior refurbishment. This is actually the third phase in a four-phase project to rehabilitate the 93-year-old structure. Architect Matt Baker, the Assistant Director of Facility Planning and Control, says part of it involves a thorough cleaning of the outside of the building that will better waterproof it.
Cut 7 (10) “…shed those contaminants.”
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Tigers head coach Brian Kelly spoke to the Baton Rouge Rotary Club just over a month before the season kicks off. Kace Kieschnick has more.
Cut 3 (31) “…I’m Kace Kieschnick.”
McNeese is renaming its football stadium to Navarre Stadium in the largest naming rights gift in school and Southland Conference history. Lake Charles Navarre Auto Groups President Billy Navarre will gift five-million dollars over the next ten years. Athletic Director Heath Schroyer says investment in McNeese is investment in Lake Charles.