We may not see the presidential candidates much in the Bayou State before Election Day, according to UL-Lafayette Political Science Professor Pearson Cross. He says Donald Trump is leading Hillary Clinton here substantially, so the two will likely focus their attention on the so-called battleground states…:
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Cross predicts a 15 to 18 point win for Trump in Louisiana.

The Louisiana Department of Economic Development is offering contractors in flood impacted parishes a chance to receive a scholarship to they can participate in a program designed to help small construction companies grow. L-E-D Secretary Don Pierson says courses start in October at community and technical schools and to get on board call….
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Expansion projects are moving forward at three different community and technical colleges in Louisiana that will result in new facilities to boost workforce training efforts. Louisiana Community and Technical College system president Monty Sullivan says Delgado Community College in New Orleans will build a new 45-thousand square foot facility…
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Hundreds of kids in flood-ravaged areas of Baton Rouge have new backpacks full of school supplies thanks to efforts by Saints Punter Thomas Morstead, who helped organize the effort to collect the items, so they can be donated. Morstead says he was most moved by seeing the number of volunteers who turned out to help deliver the backpacks…
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Morstead says some 6-thousand backpacks will be distributed throughout Bation Rouge.