The David Vitter gubernatorial campaign has announced the senator has raised $1.3 million in the second quarter and has more than $5 million in cash on hand. Political analyst Bernie Pinsonat says that’s a lot of money for his opponents to keep up..

CUT 8 (07) “in the runoff”

The Fund for Louisiana’s Future, a political action committee supporting Vitter, also announces they have more than $4 million available.
LSU’s athletic department announces they’ve transferred ten million dollars to the main campus, to be used on academic and research initiatives. That’s about three million dollars more than what university leaders were expecting….

cut 15 (10) “to the campus”

That’s LSU Senior Associate Athletics Director Eddie Nunez.
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Public Service Commissioner Foster Campbell has written a letter to President Obama, the Louisiana Congressional Delegation, and others asking that the Louisiana Delta and Monroe be included the “ConnectHome” program in Louisiana. It’s set up up to provide free or low-cost high-speed broadband internet access to low-income families…
CUT 14 (05) Q : “more important”
The program already includes New Orleans and Baton Rouge.
A weekend hit-and run accident in Albany on LA 34 in Livingston Parish has a 14 year-old boy in critical condition at a local hospital. State Police believes the unknown vehicle may be a dark, newer model GMC or Chevrolet pickup with possible damage to the front end, and they are looking for assistance in locating the truck…
CUT 5 (08) Q: “8-5-0-0.”