The House Natural Resources Committee defeats a bill that would have prohibited the use of eminent domain for carbon capture storage and pipeline projects. Pineville Representative Mike Johnson argued that eminent domain should not be used to benefit private industry and claimed it’s against the state constitution.

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Other lawmakers, however, say eminent domain is a legal necessity.

A state senator’s quest to prevent additional school districts from adopting four-day school weeks advances to the House. Franklinton Senator Beth Mizell says she filed a bill last year mandating a five-day school week; at that time, there were six districts with four-day weeks.

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It’s a big day for NASA’s Michoud Assembly facility in New Orleans as the rocket factory played a significant role in the construction of Artemis Two, which is headed to the moon. Jeff Palermo has the story…

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A baseball player from Alexandria Senior High is killed in a hit-and-run late last night. Police say 16-year-old Collin Lacaze and a 16-year-old girl were standing along the side of a road when a vehicle hit them, and the driver took off. Lacaze was rushed to a hospital, where he died from his injuries. At this time, the driver is still on the loose.