Governor-elect John Bel Edwards has named Democratic Public Service Commissioner Foster Campbell as the co-chair of his transition committee that addresses the stat’s budget.
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State Police say a fatal crash in St. James Parish claimed the life of a man they believe was impaired at the time. They say 34-year-old Travis Joseph of St. James was traveling on LA 18 and, for unknown reasons, traveled into the opposite lane of traffic and hit a truck head on. The driver of the truck and passenger were injured. Joseph, who cops believe had been drinking and wasn’t buckled up, was pronounced dead at the scene.

LSU President F. King Alexander says the final decision on whether or not to keep Les Miles as head coach wasn’t made until after halftime of the Texas A&M game according to business-report-dot-com. Alexander says the cost of the buyout and the show of public support for Miles went into the decision. Tiger Rag Editor Cody Worsham says, by all accounts, Miles went into that game not knowing his job status…:
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Worsham says even though Miles gets to keep his job for now, it’s likely the fate of the Mad Hatter is still in limbo as the call was made for political reasons.