10:30AM LRN Newscast April 5

15 thousand pounds of crawfish will be devoured starting today and running through the weekend at the Breaux Bridge Crawfish Festival. Jeff Palermo the scoop.

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Anthony Davis was massive in last night’s 119-100 win over the Warriors, with 33 points and 18 rebounds, leading the team in both categories, and it wasn’t just his play on the court that led the team, it was his message off the court before the game.

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Sunday’s game 4 tips off at 2:30.

The state posted the slowest gross domestic product growth in the nation in 2017 at minus-point-two-percent. It’s the second straight year Louisiana had a decline in the real G-D-P, but Louisiana’s Gross Domestic Product Growth for the fourth quarter of 2017 was two-point-two-percent, which could be a positive sign.  LSU Economist Doctor Loren Scott credits the industrial expansion boom that’s ongoing in Lake Charles and Baton Rouge

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Louisiana has been given full control of Red Snapper waters from the feds for the 2018 and 2019 seasons, but Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Biologist Harry Blanchet says you might not want to try your luck in federal waters this year.

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