2:30 PM LRN Newscast

A new Senate poll shows could spell big trouble for the incumbent. The poll commissioned by the John Fleming campaign and conducted by JMC Analytics and Polling shows Fleming leading Julia Letlow and Bill Cassidy in a three-way race and Pollster John Couvillon says Cassidy has failed to move the needle in recent polls.

Cut 5 (13) “…the June runoff.”

Pineville Representative Mike Johnson has filed the Louisiana Landowners Protection Act, which would eliminate eminent domain for carbon capture projects. Johnson says while he has no reason to believe any private companies are looking to take private property through eminent domain for carbon capture projects, he wants to prevent that from becoming an option to them.

Cut 8 (06) “…available to them.”

Louisiana weather continues to prove its unpredictability this week. Even though it’s still winter, it will feel like late spring in the next few days. LSU Health Climatologist Barry Keim says the state could see record-high temps from now through Saturday.

Cut 9 (13)  “…in the 70s.”

“The Fighting Tiger,” a documentary released on the SEC Network, highlights legendary gymnastics coach D-D Breaux and how she built LSU’s program from the ground up and fought to keep it alive after several athletic directors threatened to cut the program. She once wrote a letter to then LSU Athletic Director Joe Dean, requesting better resources. Breaux says she will never forget the assistant athletic director’s response.

Cut 15 (13) “…you’re walking out.”

LSU gymnastics finally got support when Skip Bertman became athletic director in 2001.