A state lawmaker is facing disciplinary action from the state ethics board after using campaign money to feed his gambling addiction. Thibodaux Representative Dee Richard says medication he was taking for Parkinson’s has been blamed for fueling others gambling addictions in a class action lawsuit:
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Between 2012 and 2015, Richard spent $37,000 from his campaign fund on gambling before getting off the drug a year ago.

If you’ve noticed more love bugs than normal this time of year, you can blame a mild and wet summer. LSU-Shreveport Associate professor of Biological Sciences Beverly Burden says while the lovebugs are a major nuisance..:
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She says they should be gone within a couple of weeks.

A female sperm whale has been found on Grand Isle, the third of the endangered species found on Louisiana beaches this year…:
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Rural parishes in Louisiana are struggling more than major cities to combat the growing HIV/AIDS epidemic. Linda Meredith is the research and development manager for the advocacy group HEROES. She says there’s only one treatment facility in the entire northeast corner of the state…:
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