Senator Bill Cassidy announces a big federal Infrastructure Law grant for Alexandria International Airport. More from Kevin Gallagher…:
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Lucille Fremin Babineaux, the mother of former Governor Kathleen Blanco has died at the age of 102. Babineaux was born in 1919 in New Iberia and had seven children of her own as she ran the Home Rug Cleaning and Floor Company in Coteau. She was the matriarch of a family of 105 and was with her daughter Kathleen Blanco every day when she got sick and died in 2019.

Lafourche Parish was one of the areas hardest hit by Hurricane Ida, yet their students did so well academically after the hurricane that the state’s education superintendent personally delivered a top honor to them. Cade Brumley awarded the Lafourche Parish School District its Models of Excellence award…
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Brumley says Lafourche’s four-point LEAP score increase tied for the largest improvement in Louisiana.

According to the State Office of Motor Vehicles, the Honda Accord is the most popular car owned in Louisiana, followed by a Toyota Camry and then a Nissan Altima. O-M-V spokesperson Matthew Boudreaux says the top three most popular pick-up trucks registered in Louisiana are Ford, Chevy, and GMC.
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