LaPolitics Weekly reports Congressman Ralph Abraham is considering a run for governor in 2019. ULM Political Science Professor Joshua Stockley says the Richland Parish lawmaker is very popular in north and central Louisiana, but…:
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Abraham says he hasn’t made any decisions about his political future.

The LSU AgCenter believes they have developed a milk-based meal replacement powder that can help individuals lose weight. Director of the AgCenter Food Incubator, Gaye Sandoz, says they will work with LSU’s Pennington Research Center to package and market the product…
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Did you watch the NFL yesterday? Recent reports indicate fewer people are tuning in on Sunday to watch. With viewers scattering, Deborah Todd, owner of Baton Rouge-based Todd Advertising Agency foresees advertisers and networks alike renegotiating their contracts…
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Fox, NBC and CBS have agreements with the NFL to televise their games through the 2022 season.

As part of Louisiana’s effort to rebuild the whooping crane population, another dozen juvenile whooping cranes have been released at the Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge…
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That’s state wildlife and fisheries biologist Sara Zimorski who says the whooping crane population in Louisiana is up to 72.