Updated campaign finance totals are out for the major candidates in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate. Andrew Greenstein has the analysis.

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A child died in a house fire in Minden early Wednesday. Minden Fire Chief Brian Williams says they responded to the burning home in less than four minutes and despite their efforts to save the girl, who was trapped by the blaze, they could not find her in time. A cause of the blaze is not known.

The Louisiana House approved a 47-billion dollar budget plan for next fiscal year. House Appropriations Chair Jack McFarland says for the first time since 2009, there is an increase in per-student funding…

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And the House went along with the governor’s request to double the funding of the L-A Gator program. The Senate will make changes to the spending plan and Senate President Cameron Henry opposes the increased funding for the voucher program.

A man from Chicago has been cited for allegedly fatally shooting a whooping crane in Evangeline Parish….

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That’s LDWF Corporal Tib Guillory, who says 49-year-old Michael Alainz, faces up to 120 days in jail and thousands of dollars in fines.