LSU hosts the first televised gubernatorial debate of the governor’s race tonight at 7PM. Brooke Thorington has a preview…
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Parishes along the Louisiana-Texas border are under a flash flood watch as a tropical depression continues to move through eastern Texas. The Shreveport area could see about two inches of rain through tomorrow night, while the Lake Charles area could see between two to four inches.

Several political campaigns are using text messages now to reach voters. If you are receiving the robo text messages and wondering how they got your number, they get them from third-party vendors, who get them when people place an order on Amazon or order food online. Many people who receiving these text messages are not happy, but LSU political communication professor Bob Mann says the messages can be effective…
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Mann says you should be able to set up your smart phone to block the messages.

Louisiana Republican Congressman Steve Scalise says the gun control legislatiion approved by the Democratic-controlled House earlier this year would not have prevented recent mass shootings. Scalise spoke at a second amendment rally on Capitol Hill….
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