11:30 LRN Newscast

Getting that gas gauge to “full” is leaving many bank accounts “empty.” Cade Voisin reports.

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If you bet on the Saints yesterday, you certainly got some money to help pay for that expensive gasoline. The Saints trailed 14-6 at halftime but came back and beat the Ravens in Baltimore, 24-17, to even their record at one-and-one as they get ready for their home opener this Sunday against the Las Vegas Raiders.

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If Chicago is your kind of town, you can soon take a direct flight there from Baton Rouge. The city’s metropolitan airport just won a one-million-dollar grant to help it start offering nonstop flights to the Windy City. Aviation Director Mike Edwards says the money will help incentivize a carrier to launch the service.

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President Trump wants to build a Space Academy in the United States, and Louisiana officials believe it should be in the Bayou State. Greater New Orleans Inc. president and CEO Michael Hecht says the New Orleans area would be the perfect place, saying there’s already a rocket factory in New Orleans East.

Cut 10 (14) “…in Louisiana.”