12:30 LRN Newscast November 24

The 44th Bayou Classic is tomorrow in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, as Grambling State takes on Southern. Media Director for the Bayou Classic Angela Young says there are some great events today like the BizTech Challenge at the Hyatt Regency and then the famous Battle of the Bands tonight in the Dome
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The winner of the football game will play in the SWAC Championship.

Tomorrow is Small Business Saturday and a National Federation of Independent Business survey found 82-percent of respondents plan to shop and eat at a small independently owned business. NFIB State Director Dawn Starns says Small Business Saturday is gaining in popularity…
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An estimated 93-thousand jobs are a result of small businesses in Louisiana.
Sexual harassment allegations have made their way into the governor’s office as Deputy Chief of Staff for Programming and Planning, Johnny Anderson, has resigned because he’s accused of sexual harassment. The governor’s office says they were made aware of the allegations on Tuesday, but political analyst Bernie Pinsonat says Edwards neglected to say anything on his call-in radio show on Wednesday…
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Pinsonat expects political action committees will remind voters about this incident when Edwards runs for re-election in two years.