The U-S House has approved legislation that will provide nearly 858-billion dollars for national defense and hundreds of millions of dollars will go towards improving Louisiana’s military bases. Congressman Mike Johnson says Barksdale Air Force Base will receive 125-million dollars to construct a Weapons Generation facility….
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Johnson says Fort Polk in Vernon Parish will receive 61-million dollars to update the command station so it provides more realistic training activities.

It still remains to be seen who’s in or out for the 2023 gubernatorial race as several candidates wait to see if Senator John Kennedy makes it official. Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser says he’ll conduct a poll this weekend to see if he’ll run or not. But political analyst Bernie Pinsonat says until Kennedy decides a poll is obsolete.
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Pinsonat says there are several factors Nungesser needs to take into consideration, for example, can he outraise Kennedy?

More than 30,000 Louisiana homeowners are looking for new property insurance after a Florida company announces its leaving sooner than it had planned. Marsanne Golsby reports
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Still waiting on more information from State Police about a deadly shooting involving one of their troopers. It happened in Baton Rouge on Interstate 10 near the Mississippi River Bridge. A subject, who reportedly started a police chase, was pronounced dead at the scene. No law enforcement personnel were injured during the incident.