Senator John Kennedy is expected to announce this week on whether he’ll run for Governor in 2019 against John Bel Edwards. Earlier this year, Edwards reported five-million dollars in his campaign war chest. Southeastern Louisiana Professor Dayne Sherman says Kennedy will do well in fundraising and one of the reasons is because he’s a US Senator…
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LSU fans believe they were robbed on Saturday night in College Station as the Tigers lost a seven-overtime thriller to Texas A-and-M. Coach Ed Orgeron believes the game should have never made it to overtime, as A-and-M should not have received another second to run the play that resulted in a game-tying touchdown…
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An LSU Manship School Assistant Professor says his research shows the loss of local media can make towns a lot more partisan. Joshua Darr says the study was a joint effort with researchers from Colorado State and Texas A&M, where they analyzed the rate of voters who turned in ballots supporting candidates from more than one party.
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Darr says that’s because when local media dies, the community relies more heavily on partisan national outlets to fill the gap.