Congressman Steve Scalise of Louisiana remains in critical condition after being shot by a now-deceased man in the hip during baseball practice. The shooter is said to have been politically motivated and Baton Rouge Congressman Garret Graves says he has never seen things so divisive…:
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Scalise is expected to need additional surgeries.

The House approved a budget plan Wednesday that allocates 100-percent of available money forecast . New Orleans Representative Walt Leger says if the state doesn’t use the dollars it has, cuts will occur to areas of the budget where they don’t need to be:
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Not all of the House GOP was happy about giving in, but on a narrow 56-44 vote the plan heads to the Senate where it will be quickly approved.

Tulane researchers discover Louisiana’s coast is sinking at a rate of one third inch per year, which is 50-percent faster than an earlier estimate…
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St. Tammany Coroner Charles Preston doesn’t think the new laws restricting opiod prescriptions will curb the addiction epidemic. He says less than one percent of those who are prescribed pain pills abuse drugs:
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The new law limits first time prescriptions for acute pain to a 7-day supply.