MINDEN, La. - Nine Louisiana high schools, including two in Northwest Louiaiana, have been selected among the first 300 national winners in T-Mobile’s Friday Night 5G Lights contest, earning $5,000 each and moving forward in the competition for a $1 million field renovation.

Democrats are eager to introduce Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz to the country. He is a veteran who used the GI Bill to get to college, a former public-school teacher who coached high school football, and a two-term governor of a midwestern state with a record of accomplishments on behalf of working-class families.