President Trump encouraged her to run for U.S. Senate and Representative Julia Letlow made her intention clear this morning announcing her candidacy for U.S. Senate at the Baton Rouge Business Report’s Power Breakfast event. Her announcement comes days after the president posted on social media that she had his “complete and total endorsement” calling her a “great star” and “total winner”
A new constitution is a topic that is seeing renewed interest. In 2024, Governor Landry pushed for a constitutional convention, but the State Senate showed no interest. Now, Baton Rouge Republican Dixon McMakin is proposing a constitutional convention that would start on December 29th. He says the current state constitution includes things that don’t belong there, such as the finances and intricacies of the local parishes.
Cut 15 (09) “…and local government.”
A new Pelican Institute report shows the state’s economy improving with Louisiana’s gross domestic product growing by four-percent in the second quarter of 2025, and Louisiana leading the region in personal income growth, but the the report’s author, Vance Ginn, says outmigration remains a problem, and the state’s job growth over the past year has remained sluggish.
Cut 9 (07) “…here to Louisiana.”
Confidence is building for a winter storm to hit the state this weekend. National Weather Service Meteorologist Dayvon Hill says freezing rain and a wintry mix could move in beginning Friday and the potential impact on the upper half of the state will need to be monitored throughout the week.