With Senator John Kennedy’s decision not to run for governor in 2019, it creates the question who will challenge Democratic Governor John Bel Edwards, who is up for re-election? There’s only one announced challenger, Baton Rogue businessman Eddie Rispone, who can self-finance much of his campaign, but UL Lafayette Political Science Professor Pearson Cross says that doesn’t always translate into success…
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GOP Congressman Ralph Abraham and Slidell Senator Sharon Hewitt are two other potential challengers.

The run-off election for Secretary of State is Saturday. Pollster Bernie Pinsonant conducted a survey that found Republican Kyle Ardoin has a three-percentage point lead over Democratic Gwen Collins-Greenup. Pinsonat predicts Ardoin will win..
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Collins-Greenup is a minister from East Feliciana Parish who worked at the elections office.

The Louisiana Health Department has released six recommendations in the fight against the opioid epidemic, much of which assistant State Health Officer, Dr. Joseph Kanter, says is common sense solutions. Kanter says the state needs to expand access to effective treatment and must look into other means to treat chronic pain.
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Other recommendations include expanding the use of peer recovery specialists and investing in models of care that support women and families.

Canadian air has made its way back into Louisiana and it will be feel more like winter for the next couple of days. But State Climatologist Barry Keim says there’s no chance for winter precipitation, remember about a year ago, we saw a snow event at this time…
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Keim says there’s a chance we could see heavy rainfall before the week ends.