Multiple reports say Quarterback Drew Brees has agreed to a 50-million-dollar, two-year-deal, with the Saints. Saints radio color analyst Deuce McAllister says in actuality it’s a one year deal as there’s a team option after the first year…
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Brees’ contract calls for him to receive 27-million dollars in guaranteed money.

Governor John Bel Edwards is once again calling on the state legislature to approve a higher minimum wage. Edwards says18 states raised their minimum wage this year and he says the current minimum wage isn’t right to workers.
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Business groups say the market should set wages, not government.

Louisiana State Police say a 12-year-old shot and killed his seven-year-old brother in Lake Providence Monday. Trooper Michael Reichardt says the two youngsters were together when the shooting occurred. They are still investigating how the older juvenile got a hold of a weapon…
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The seven-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene. Six children were at home at the time of the shooting while their mother was at work.

Residents of the small town of St. Joseph in Tensas parish are soaked with joy over a new water system that goes on-line today. Governor John Bel Edwards is in St. Joseph to cut the ribbon on the new facility that has been in need for decades.
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That’s the governor’s communications director, Shauna Sanford.