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A federal judge orders the state to use the summer election plan for the upcoming fall election, and that means we’re likely to see a much larger amount of absentee ballots than usual. Because of that Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin warns we won’t know the election results in Louisiana for the November 3rd election until at least the 4th. Ardoin says that’s because mail-in ballots take longer to count, and…

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August revenues for Louisiana’s riverboat casinos and one land-based casino were down 31% compared to August 2019. Future revenues face additional hurdles as Hurricane Laura rocked the Lake Charles gaming industry. Louisiana Casino Association executive director Wade Duty Isle of Capri will be offline for an extended period, and others are facing staffing issues…

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A depression in the southern Gulf could be a hurricane by late Sunday night. National Weather Service Meteorologist Donald Jones says the system is disorganized and slow…

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That system is on track to become Tropical Storm Beta, as Tropical Storm Alpha formed earlier today and is about to make landfall in Portugal.

Coach Ed Orgeron will get the national spotlight when the LSU coach’s story is told on Sunday night on CBS’s 60 minutes.  Special assistant to the head coach Derek Ponamsky says production was originally set to take place in March with spring practice but got pushed back to the summer due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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60 Minutes airs Sunday night at 6:30 on CBS.