A pollster believes the win of Democrat John Bel Edwards over Republican David Vitter in a predominately conservative state is an anomaly. John Couvillon of JMC Analytics says Edwards got votes from Dardenne supporters and from rural areas that haven’t voted democrat since the early 90s…

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Couvillon believes next year’s senate race will be different because republicans have learned their lesson when it comes to disunity.

Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon announces that 13-thousand policies have shifted from the insurer of last resort, Citizens, to private insurance companies. Donelon says this is good news, because these former Citizens policyholders now have lower property insurance…

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Louisiana created Citizens Property Insurance for homeowners in high-risk areas for flooding and storms.

The National Retail Federation is expecting retailers to see healthy sales gains this holiday season. Spokesperson Kathy Grannis says sales are expected to increase about 3.7-percent overall in November and December, which is a slight decline from what we saw last year. She says the reason growth isn’t as much in 2015 is likely the direction of the economy…

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Grannis says it’s estimated that the average holiday shopper in the south is expected to spend around 775 dollars this season, not too far off from the national average of 805 dollars.