In the earlier Republican presidential candidates debate forum Thursday afternoon, many political pundits ranked Governor Bobby Jindal’s performance second, behind former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina. Political Analyst Bernie Pinsonat says Jindal showed a lot of poise, and gave some good answers to the questions; especially in one category…
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Many previous high temperature records in the state are in jeopardy this weekend, as sweltering heat could match or beat previous records. Air temperatures in many areas will be in triple digits, and heat indexes could approach 120 in some places, but by late Monday/early Tuesday a front will move it…
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That’s State Climatologist Barry Keim.
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The National Federation of Independent Business is encouraging people to shop local during Friday and Saturday’s sales-tax holiday. Here’s Emelie Gunn with more….
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The State Department of Education launches a new web portal which outlines Louisiana’s career education options. The program Jump Start now has an online site called “All things Jump Start.” at louisianabelieves.com. State Superintendent of Education John White says this will allow high school graduates to enter the workforce with an industry credential.