U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy announces he will not run for governor next year. Marsanne Golsby has more on the reaction.

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The Golden Band from Tigerland is the first to ever receive a Grammy nomination and it all happen after artist and band alum Sean Ardoin proposed the idea last fall. Brooke Thorington has more from LSU’s band director.

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U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy announced this morning he won’t be running for governor of Louisiana.  ULM political science professor Pearson Cross says he isn’t surprised.

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Cross says if Kennedy enters the race he will be the favorite. He won re-election to the Senate with 62 percent of the vote. Cross says he has also polled the highest of the potential candidates.

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In his announcement, Cassidy pointed out he is the ranking Republican member in a powerful senate committee on health care, education, employment, and retirement policies. Cross says Cassidy’s history of bi-partisanship will also be helpful.

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There will be a wedding reception tonight at the Governor’s Mansion as John Bel Edwards youngest daughter Sarah Ellen marries her longtime sweetheart Christopher Bates from Benton. Governor John Bel Edwards will give Sarah Ellen away during a ceremony at St. Joseph Cathedral in downtown Baton Rouge…..

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Edwards says his daughter met her groom while the two were at LSU ten years ago. She now works in Washington D-C. The governor says Bates had to ask permission in order to take his daughter’s hand in marriage

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There’s a mystery on what song the governor has chosen for the father-daughter dance. The only clue Edwards gave was that the title of the song will include the name Sarah…

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There is a concern Twitter could go away soon after reports of mass resignations at the social media company recently purchased by billionaire Elon Musk. Haggai Davis the Third, co-host of the podcast Tech Gumbo, is not ready to predict the demise of Twitter

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Davis says the loss of the engineers and staffers leaves the Twitter vulnerable to cybersecurity risks…

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The hashtag R-I-P Twitter is trending as users are concerned it could shutdown. Davis says the potential end of Twitter is forcing many users to contemplate the use of social media platform…

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In a Tweet on Thursday night, Musk said Twitter hit another all-time high in usage. He also said the best people are staying with the company, so he’s not super worried about the employees that left.

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The Golden Band from Tigerland is the first marching band to ever receive a Grammy nomination. The band recorded the album Full Circle with alum Sean Ardoin last spring, and it’s received a nod as Best Regional Roots Music Album. LSU Band Director Dr. Kelvin Jones says it’s historic.

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Jones says when Ardoin approached him about the idea he assumed it would be one song, but it ended up being an entire album. And now Ardoin is releasing a double vinyl album, that’s of course purple and gold and 15% of the proceeds will go to the band for scholarship and more.

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The 65th Grammy Awards will be presented on February 5^th and Jones says he plans on being there and fingers crossed he and Sean Ardoin will bring home some hardware. But in the meantime, Jones says just the nomination is a huge honor.

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You can find the album Full Circle wherever you download music and pre-order the double vinyl album at SeanArdoin.com

It’s felt more like January instead of November and the chilly weather is not going away anytime soon. Jeff Palermo has the story…

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New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell was combative with a reporter after being questioned about her time spent traveling, and use of a city-owned apartment with an NOPD officer. Brooke Thorington has more.

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Southeastern Louisiana University’s School of nursing has been named the Nursing School of the Year by the Louisiana Nurses Foundation.  Ann Carruth is dean of the College of Nursing and Health Sciences.

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This is the fifth year the school has won the award. The competition is evaluated by a panel of out-of-state judges. She says the school has very high passage rates on key nursing skills exams plus innovative teaching programs. They also do their clinical work all over southeastern Louisiana.

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She says they have VIP programs to train veterans as nurses and a telehealth program funded by the US Department of Labor to help improve healthcare access in rural communities.

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If you were hoping Louisiana would get a break from the chilly temps anytime soon, well you’re out of luck. State Climatologist Barry Keim says tonight will be the coldest of the current grip Old Man Winter has on the Bayou State with temps hovering around freezing.

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And the cold hits just keep on coming, Keim says on Friday night into Saturday morning there will be a reinforcing cold front.

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And with some getting a jump on travel this weekend for Thanksgiving, don’t forget to pack your winter coat. Keim says in Louisiana minimum temps will be in the 30s in north Louisiana, and the 40s in the southern part, with highs only reaching into the 50s.

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New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell answered questions Wednesday about issues surrounding her leadership. FOX 8 investigative reporter Lee Zurik questioned if Cantrell’s use of city-owned French Quarter apartment and excessive travel was a detriment to her leadership.

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Zurik has been running a series of reports pertaining to Cantrell’s use of a city-owned apartment and has more than 600 hours of recordings of her entering and leaving the apartment. Cantrell was dismissive of Zurik when he asked a follow-up question.

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Zurik also questioned the Mayor’s priorities for the Crescent City because of the amount of time she spends at the apartment and traveling with a New Orleans police officer assigned to her security detail. Cantrell refused to answer if she thought it was inappropriate.

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The city’s inspector general has also launched an investigation into whether the Mayor has used the apartment for personal use along with the police officer.

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We know that Republican Attorney General Jeff Landry is running for Governor next year, U-S Senators John Kennedy and Bill Cassidy could run as well along with a couple of other statewide elected officials and state lawmakers. Mandeville Representative Richard Nelson says he’s also planning to run…

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Nelson is a supporter of eliminating the state’s income tax and replacing that lost revenue by eliminating or reducing certain tax breaks and expanding the sales tax base. He says if we want to move Louisiana forward get rid of the state income tax….

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Nelson is 36-years-old and he believes that plays to his advantage…

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