A cyber-attack against one of the nation’s largest pipelines threatens to increase gas prices locally and potentially result in fuel shortages elsewhere. Matt Doyle has the story.
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Governor John Bel Edwards is in Washington D.C. to testify before the U-S Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on Thursday. His office says Edwards will address the adverse impact that a protracted moratorium on mineral leases in the Gulf of Mexico will have on Louisiana’s economy.

The Louisiana House has approved a sports betting bill that would allow restaurants that serve alcohol to have kiosks where you would be able to place a wager on a game in 55 of the 64 parishes where voters approved sports betting. Crowley Representative John Stefanski says the Louisiana Lottery will oversee these kiosks…
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Stefanski says a separate bill is moving through the legislature that would establish sports betting parlors at the state’s casinos and racetracks.

Democrat Troy Carter was sworn in as Louisiana’s newest member in the U-S House as he’ll represent the state’s second Congressional District…
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