Democratic Senator Mary Landrieu will face off with Republican challengers Congressman Bill Cassidy and retired Air Force Colonel Rob Maness in a televised US Senate debate tonight. LSU Political Science Professor Robert Hogan says this will be voters’ last chance to see all three major candidates before Election Day…

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The debate will begin at 7PM. Check your local listing for stations airing the debate.

The state of Louisiana has filed a lawsuit to get the US Army Corps of Engineers to spend $3 billion dollars to repair coastal wetlands that were damaged as a result of the Mississippi Gulf River Outlet. Jerome Zeringue, chairman of the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority says the Corps argues the state should pay 35% of the three billion dollars…

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Zergingue says they’ve repeatedly tried to negotiate an agreement with the Corps to no avail.

A new poll on the 5th District Congressional race shows incumbent US Representative Vance McAllister failing to make the runoff. The Glascock survey of 500 respondents has the incumbent with 15.7%, trailing Republican Dr. Ralph Abraham at 24% and Democrat Monroe Mayor Jamie Mayo at 18%. Pollster Darrell Glascock says these results were surprising…

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Glascock says according to his numbers Dr. Abraham is almost guaranteed a spot in the runoff.