A survey conducted by JMC Analytics finds Democratic Public Service Commissioner Foster Campbell is on top, polling at 23-percent. Pollster John Couvillon says Republicans John Kennedy, John Fleming, and Charles Boustany all on each other’s heels for the second spot. He says right now Kennedy is one point ahead of Fleming , but Fleming could make the runoff.
Cut 10 (10) “tight race”

The poll was commissioned by the Fleming campaign.
The graduation rate in the United State is at an all-time high and so is Louisiana’s. The overall US graduation rate went up to 83- percent. Louisiana Superintendent of Education John White says years ago Louisiana committed that graduating from high school would be a part of our state’s high school rating system…:
Cut 13 (08) “to make sure it happens”

Louisiana’s graduation rate for 2014-2015 is 77.5 percent.

Chairman of the Public Service Commission and former Congressman Clyde Holloway has passed away at 72. Former state representative and close friend of Holloway, Woody Jenkins, says the chairman was an honest man with strong conservative principles. He says Holloway worked hard to help his hometown of Forrest Hill and would run for any political office.
CUT 7 (09) “the effort”

A cause of death as not given.

A survey from the American Farm Bureau finds food prices at the grocery are down 13-percent from last year. Steak prices are down 11-percent, chicken breasts are down 16-percent and bacon decreased by 3-percent. Louisiana Farm Bureau specialist Neil Melancon says there was a spike in the cost of meat a few years ago because the demand outweighed the supply of livestock but that supply has now been rebuilt.
Cut 4 (08) “are now”

Melacon expects this trend with continue…