Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is leading in the national polls over Donald Trump, so could that affect the U.S. Senate race in Louisiana? UL-Lafayette Political Science Professor Pearson Cross doesn’t so, mainly because there are many highly qualified GOP candidates on the ballot…:
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Cross says he’d be surprised if we saw voter turnout as high as 55-percent because both presidential candidates have such high unfavorability ratings.

Today Governor John Bel Edwards will deliver remarks at the National Health Center Week in Franklin. Then a site visit will take place at the I-49 South, US 90 at LA 319 Interchange — an interchange project at that location is part of the Geaux South program. Later, Edwards will speak at the Stop Violence Gala in Alexandria.

At the 13th Annual Great American Seafood Cook-Off Saturday in New Orleans, Mississippi Chef Alex Eaton was crowned the King of American Seafood.

Former four-term governor Edwin Edwards turned 89 on Sunday. Halen Doughty has more…:
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Americans are buying more bottled water than they are soda for the first time ever. The Euromonitor finds consumers will buy 27 galls of bottled, compared to 26 gallons of soda a year. Dr. Herbert Muncie with LSU Health New Orleans hopes this trend is being passed on to our kids…:
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