Attorney General Jeff Landry has announced sheriffs and local governments around the state will split 325-million dollars over the next 18 years from a national settlement of opioid abuse lawsuits. Landry says the money will help law enforcement respond to the epidemic that has claimed over 500-thousand lives since 2000…
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Landry says parishes can use the money for addiction treatment and recovery services.

Legal sports betting has arrived in Louisiana as Paragon Casino in Marksville has opened the state’s first casino sportsbook. Paragon General Manager Marshall Sampson says they’ve partnered with Betfred Sports and opened what they are calling the “Draft Room”…
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Former Saints wide receiver Joe Horn placed the first legal sports bet a seven-team parlay.

Governor John Bel Edwards visited a Baton Rouge hospital to receive his annual flu shot and his COVID booster shot. Dave Brannen has more…
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