After President Trump endorses Julia Letlow for U.S. Senate, State Senator Blake Miguez is ending his Senate campaign and is instead running for the fifth district U.S. House seat that Letlow is vacating. Miguez is the second candidate to drop out of the Senate race in the wake of Trump’s endorsement, following Julie Emerson’s withdrawal, and political analyst Bernie Pinsonat says he doubts Miguez will be the last.

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Louisiana earns low to failing grades in the American Lung Association’s annual State of Tobacco Control report card. The association says those considered to be at risk of lung cancer can have low-dose CT scans covered by insurance, and Director of Advocacy Eric Weinzettle says the state needs to do a much better job in informing them of that fact.

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By the end of the week, 17 ponds across the state will be stocked with rainbow trout. Jeff Palermo has the story.

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An assistant principal at a Baton Rouge magnet middle school is arrested in connection with an illegal gambling operation at the Elayn Hunt Correctional Center. State Police arrested McKinley Middle Magnet Assistant Principal April Scott yesterday evening, just hours after the department of public safety and corrections addressed staffing at the facility amid a string of unexpected deaths.