The state’s highest Democratic elected official has declined to endorse former Governor Edwin Edwards in his bid for the 6th Congressional District seat. The Louisiana Democratic Party has endorsed Edwards but Senator Mary Landrieu said Monday each of their respective races are “parallel”….

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Landrieu was asked if her comments meant she supported Edwards and she didn’t say yes or no.

A Lafayette district judge has ruled that Louisiana’s ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional. Judge Edward Rubin made his ruling in a lawsuit filed by a same-sex couple requesting the state recognize their marriage certificate from California. Legal analyst Tim Meche says he expects the judge or the Louisiana Supreme Court to stay the ruling…

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Meche feels the state Supreme Court will overturn this ruling.

Today’s the first day of autumn and gas-buddy-dot-com says, this fall, gas prices will be the lowest they’ve been since 2010. Gas-Buddy Senior Petroleum Analyst, Gregg Laskoski, says an increase in domestic production of gasoline has pushed prices below three-dollars a gallon at many service stations in Louisiana…

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Laskoski says the average price for a gallon of regular gasoline is $3.11.

According to a state funded feasibility study, tolls could fund up to half of a $3 billion project which would finish I-49 South from Lafayette to New Orleans. Those pushing for the completion of the interstate say the study show tolls, combined with federal and state monies could make the highway a reality. The study calculated figures assuming tolls start at 18-cents a mile and then rise to 25-cents a mile over 15 years.