The State Capitol will soon be 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.”

The latest campaign finance numbers for the 2026 U-S Senate race show Senator Bill Cassidy smoking the field. Cassidy has nine-million dollars on hand, compared to just 2.1-million for State Treasurer John Fleming and 1.7-million for State Senator Blake Miguez. 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”

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. Navarre is a member of the McNeese Foundation board and has been a longtime supporter of the university and Athletics Department.