A Flash Flood Watch is in effect for southeast Louisiana through this afternoon as heavy rains are expected throughout the area. The National Weather Service says waves of repeating heavy rainfall will move over the area during the course of the day. With rainfall totals of up to 8 inches possible, conditions may develop that could lead to flash flooding in the watch area.

A new poll on Louisiana’s governor’s race shows Republican US Senator David Vitter leading with 35% followed by Democratic Amite Representative John Bel Edwards at 33%…

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Rick Brewer, the newly selected president of Louisiana College, is on the Pineville campus this week even though he doesn’t officially begin until April 7th. Brewer says he plans to turn things around for LC and make it a place students, faculty and alumni can be proud of again. He says they are under utilizing a lot of classroom space and one of the main things he’ll work towards is boosting enrollment…

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Brewer says he took the job, because he believes the private Baptist College has a great future.

In a letter to supporters, Republican Monroe Representative Jay Morris describes Governor Bobby Jindal’s budget proposal as “insane”. He says it’s hard to say what the final budget will look like. Morris suspects there will be a combination of cuts to state government and measures to raise revenue that are supported by Americans for Tax Reform…

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He says the Americans for Tax Reform, an anti-tax group, has okay-ed the Jindal administration’s plan.