Authorities confirm the body found in the Mississippi River near Reserve is that of the missing LSU student and Opelousas native Kori Gauthier. She disappeared on April 7th and her car was found on top of the Mississippi River Bridge in Baton Rouge. Foul play is not suspected.

Legislation allowing sexual assault victims to break their rental lease early unanimously passes out of a House Committee. Matt Doyle has more…
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Senator Bill Cassidy says lawmakers will present an alternative proposal to the President’s 2.2 trillion-dollar infrastructure plan. Cassidy says the bulk of President Biden’s bill, named the American Jobs Plan, isn’t actually infrastructure spending.
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Cassidy says the President’s proposal has funding for new housing, clean water initiatives, green energy infrastructure, paid leave, elderly care, veterans’ health and more.

A report from the nonprofit group called TRIP has determined Louisiana’s roads cost the state’s drivers seven-point-six billion dollars a year. The Louisiana Coalition to Fix Our Roads director Erich Ponti says each year the cost of the state’s poor roads on drivers continues to rise…
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The report says nearly half of the state’s roads are in poor or mediocre condition and that’s leading to higher vehicle operating costs, congestion, and more crashes.