State Treasurer John Kennedy isn’t happy about Louisiana’s budget numbers. He says the state general fund is running at a historically high negative balance just four months into the fiscal year and he’s worried this could lead to another round of mid-year budget cuts…:
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The state says they will review the numbers at the Revenue Estimating Conference on Friday and assure by mid-year a balanced budget will be in place.

After finishing third in Louisiana’s US Senate primary, retired Air Force Colonel Rob Maness is is not shutting the door on another potential run for political office. Maness received over 200,000 votes in the November 4th election. He says he’d consider another run for office if he felt called to do so…:
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Maness has endorsed fellow Republican Bill Cassidy in December’s Senate runoff election.

There is a multiple agency investigation underway into the disappearance of a 32-year-old woman from Marion who was last seen in woods in Union County, Arkansas late Monday night. Officials say Amanda McPherson and a friend were reportedly driving in some woods when they became stuck. Apparently the friend with McPherson says he went to get help but when he came back, Amanda was gone. Dogs are tracking woods where she was last seen.

What will the Republican Party do now after gaining control of the US House and Senate in the mid-term elections? Scott Carwile reports…:
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