2:30 PM Newscast July 29

Lafourche Parish President Archie Chaisson (shasson) says cleanup efforts are going well following a Bayou Lafourche oil spill Saturday. Kace Kieschnick has the story…

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The Louisiana Department of Revenue is about to send over 15 million dollars to the state’s Unclaimed Property Division. LDR sent over 18,000 letters advising individuals and businesses to claim their tax refunds before September 6th. Any refund not claimed after that date will have to be retrieved from the Unclaimed Property Division of the State Treasurer’s Office.

Despite last year’s historic drought, Louisiana sugar cane is growing — in more ways than one. LSU Ag Center sugarcane specialist Doctor Kenneth Gravois says sugarcane production has been increasing in Louisiana and that trend will continue this year…

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Passenger rail service from New Orleans between Mobile is closer to getting on track. Chair of the Southern Rail Commission Knox Ross says the goal is to have service up and running in time for the 2025 Superbowl in the Big Easy

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Stops in between the two cities will include Gulfport, Biloxi, and Pascagoula, Mississippi.