Saints training camp begins today with fans and players desperate for a second crack at a Lombardi after two straight years of playoff tragedy…
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Louisiana’s workforce training program FastStart has been named the best workforce training program in the nation by Business Facilities for the tenth year in a row.
Louisiana Economic Development Secretary Don Pierson says the program has been so successful that Virginia officials have been visiting to get a closer look at what we’re doing so they can replicate that success in their own state.

LSU President F. King Alexander was present for the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new $28 million dollar football operations facility. The state of the art structure has been met with backlash due to other buildings on campus being in less than desirable conditions. Alexander says there has been a shift in the most recent fiscal year when it comes to donations to the school in favor of academics over athletics.
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A political action committee, named Securing Louisiana’s future, is backing Representative Ralph Abraham and unleashed ads attacking fellow gubernatorial Republican candidate Eddie Rispone. In the ad released on social media, it references that Rispone, a wealthy businessman, is trying to buy the election. ULM Poli Sci Professor Joshua Stockley says the current race isn’t nearly as spirited as it was four years ago.
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