WAFB is reporting that Angola Warden Burl Cain will resign at the end of the year. The report comes a few weeks after articles were published questioning whether Cain’s real estate deals with friends of inmates violated Department of Corrections rules. Cain is 73 and has been warden of the Louisiana State Penitentiary since 1995.

The LSU Foundation says the university’s alumni donate back less than any other school in the SEC. LSU Foundation President Stephen Moret says just 6 percent of LSU’s graduates give money to the university. He said on the Jim Engster Show that higher ed has been struggling over the past several years which is why private donations are so important. They want to show people who give that their investment is truly helping LSU…:
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He says LSU’s endowment per student is tied for last in the conference at $420 million.

Republican Col. Rob Maness has filed a statement of candidacy for the open Louisiana senate seat being vacated by Senator David Vitter next year. He ran unsuccessfully for US senate in 2014 and says this time around, he’s worked to better the way his campaign team is constructed and has concentrated more on fundraising efforts…:
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The first poll on the 2016 US Senate race showed Republican State Treasurer John Kennedy and Democrat Public Service Commissioner Foster Campbell leading a hypothetical field.

Louisiana has the lowest percentage of women participating in the state legislature nationally according to Pew Charitable Trusts. UNO Political Science Professor Christine Day says women don’t typically run for office in conservative southern states, but we have had a female governor and US Senator. She says Hillary Clinton’s presidential run could influence other women to jump into politics…:
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