The State Capitol is undergoing a thorough exterior cleaning. Andrew Greenstein reports.
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Public schools can get updated computers because of Act 161 from the 2025 legislative session. Franklin Representative Vinney St. Blanc says during the Covid pandemic, schools used federal dollars to purchase computers for remote learning that are now obsolete. His bill creates a buyback program.
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The latest campaign finance numbers are in for the 2026 U-S Senate race and it appears Incumbent Bill Cassidy has a big financial lead over State Treasurer John Fleming and State Senator Blake Miguez to the tune of close to seven million dollars. La-politics-dot-com publisher Jeremy Alford says the wild card in next year’s U-S Senate primary is Congresswoman Julia Letlow.
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. University President Wade Rousse says Navarre was one of the first people to invest in the Cowboys Athletics two years ago.