Louisiana’s congressional candidates have raised 74-million dollars this election cycle. LA Politics-dot-com publisher Jeremy Alford says that’s a record-breaking number, and there are several reasons why it’s so high.
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According to OpenSecrets, which is a nonprofit campaign finance watchdog, only 11 states have seen their candidates raise more. Alford says perhaps most striking: almost 80-percent of that cash is pouring in from outside the state.
LSU fell 12 spots to number 22 in the latest AP Top 25 poll as a result of their one-point overtime loss to Kentucky. Coach Lane Kiffin says if they executed better, the could have won won…
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LSU hosts 16th ranked Mississippi State this Saturday.
The Louisiana Department of Health is sounding the alarm on cychlorphine by urging everyone to carry Narcan with them at all times. Andrew Greenstein reports.
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The Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of a woman who was found deceased along the Tangipahoa River near the Highway 40. Investigators say the woman who died was an out-of-state transient living in her car, which was located parked along the highway.