Despite being greatly outnumbered in the legislature, Democrats are confident in their agenda for this year’s session, which enters its second week today.

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Meanwhile on Capitol Hill, Louisiana Congressman Clay Higgins has asked the Trump Administration to allow more immigrants on seasonal work visas so they can work at crawfish peeling and packing facilities. There is a severe shortage of available workers, because of a cap on the number of visas. The labor crunch is expected to impact on the production of frozen crawfish tails that are shipped around the country.

State Transportation Secretary Glenn Ledet says they hope to name an exact location of a proposed new Mississippi bridge in the Baton Rouge area by the end of the year. There are three different locations under consideration, south of Baton Rouge in Iberville Parish. The funding piece also must be worked out. Ledet says the projected cost is around two-billion dollars and they are examining funding sources…

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Ledet says at this point they do have 400-million dollars in funding secured.

LSU is once again hosting the first and second rounds of the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament. If the Lady Tigers can advance past the second round, they will head to the Regionals, and they are going to the Sacramento location instead of the Fort Worth location. Head Coach Kim Mulkey…

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