Governor John Bel Edwards has ordered flags to be flown at half staff to honor former Governor Kathleen Blanco, who died Sunday at the age of 76. Edwards says the former governor was an influence on him when he came into office.
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Blanco will lie in state at Louisiana’s State Capitol on Thursday afternoon. Her funeral will take place on Saturday in Lafayette.

Republican Congressman Ralph Abraham told out news partner 710 KEEL in Shreveport that if he’s elected governor, he will not raise taxes. Abraham says he’s looking to pass tax reform legislation with a more fiscally conservative legislature…
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The two republican gubernatorial candidates have yet to discuss specific cuts to the budget.

LSU is ranked sixth in the A-P preseason poll, they’re first top 10 preseason ranking since 2016. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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Popular charter fisherman Theophile (Toe-fill) Bourgeois died Sunday when his plane crashed off the coast of St. Bernard Parish. Two others were on the seaplane and they were rescued by the U-S Coast Guard. The condition of the other two victims is not known.

And funeral services for New Orleans TV anchor Nancy Parker are Friday. She died in a small plane crash in New Orleans East last Friday.