Today marks 7 years since an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig killed 11 people off the coast of Louisiana. Twenty-eight-year-old Gordon Jones was one of those. His father, Keith Jones, told Jim Engster on Talk Louisiana there were lots of protections against blowouts on the well, but greed caused BP officials to strip those to save money…:
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Jones says unfortunately, this kind of tragedy could happen again.

Race relations are worsening in eyes of the public, according to a recent LSU survey. Dr. Michael Henderson with the LSU Public Policy Research Lab says the found 75 percent of white residents trust police not to use excessive force. He says whites are also twice as likely to think police will treat blacks and whites equally…:
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He says most black residents don’t feel there is racial equality while most whites believe there is.

Even after the state finally gains access to federal flood recovery dollars, the feud continues between Democratic Governor John Bel Edwards and Republican Congressman Garret Graves. Graves said he would resign if the federal government was the hold up in dispersing the funds. But Edwards says the state didn’t have access to the money until last week…:
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Both Edwards and Graves maintain they’ve tried to meet up to chat about this, but the other side wasn’t interested.

North Louisiana is known for its incredible fishing spots which has inspired Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser, who oversees the state Department of Tourism, to launch the Louisiana Bass Trail. Anglers who sign up at louisianabasstrail.com will be sent, for free, a Louisiana Bassport that they may take to seven lakes at any of eight Louisiana State Parks…:
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