The Associated Press is reporting that President Trump and Governor Jeff Landry have discussed Congresswoman Julia Letlow challenging Senator Bill Cassidy in next year’s Republican primary. Cassidy is seeking a third term, but ULM political science professor Joshua Stockley says Cassidy’s vote in 2021 to convict Trump in his impeachment trial still has many Republicans upset…

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A spokesperson for the Cassidy Senate campaign says  Senator Cassidy delivers conservative results for the people of Louisiana and he works hard to support the President’s agenda.

At the state capitol, the House Appropriations Committee sent the budget bill to the House floor. It contains money to keep paying teachers a two-thousand dollar stipend they’ve received the last couple of years. New Orleans Representative Jason Hughes says the proposed budget for next fiscal year is also balanced and contains no new taxes…

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There’s a possibility the House could approve the budget and send it to the Senate by the end of the week.

Louisiana’s education comeback continues with another increase in a national ranking. Andrew Greenstein reports.

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The LSU baseball team is now ranked number one in the country after winning two of three from the Arkansas Razorbacks. The Tigers won their second game this season after one o’ clock in the morning when Rosepine’s Ethan Frey drove home the winning run at 1:15 in the morning on Saturday for a thrilling extra innings win over the Razorbacks.