All eyes will be on the House as it will debate and vote on the funding package that the Senate passed earlier this week. With the long-overdue addition of Arizona Democrat Adelita Grijalva, Speaker Mike Johnson can only afford to lose two votes if Democrats are united in their opposition. LSU political science professor Robert Hogan says the chances are good that Johnson can keep his party united.

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Could LSU’s new head football coach be one of its old head football coaches? That’s what online sportsbook BetOnline may be implying by giving Nick Saban 2-to-1 odds of being the Tigers’ next coach. Josh Barton with BetOnline says don’t read too much into it – the site had to increase Saban’s odds because there was so much action on the future hall of fame coach…

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The percentage of kindergarten through third graders that can read on or above grade level has reached 50-percent. Colleen Crain has the story…

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The American Society of Civil Engineers is out with its quadriennial report card for Louisiana’s infrastructure. Grading ten metrics, it gives Louisiana an overall grade of a C-minus, which is just below the national grade of a C. Louisiana’s best grades were C’s in dams and levees; its worst grades of D’s were in drinking water and roads.