Week 3 of the legislative session begins today. Coming up for debate tomorrow morning in a Senate committee is a bill that would ban the sale of kratom. The herbal substance can be found at convenience stores and smoke shops. Monroe Senator Jay Morris says kratom can be addictive and cause hallucinations. Nausea, and can be fatal. He says hospitals are also seeing babies born addicted to kratom…

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Coming up for debate in the full house today is a bill to tax vaping and e-cigarette products.

Two new buildings are under construction at Louisiana Tech. One of them is the new Origin Bank Academic Center for Student Athlete Success….

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That’s University President Jim Henderson who says the other building that’s now under construction is the Forest Products Innovation Center which will serve as a resource for forestry, education and discovery.

If you’ve ever said you could do a better job than the legislature at balancing the budget, now’s your chance to put up or shut up. Andrew Greenstein reports.

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LSU won its highly anticipated baseball series against defending national champion Tennessee. The Tigers defeated the Vols in the rubber game 12 to 2 in eight innings yesterday. Freshman Casan Evans allowed just two runs in six innings, the two runs allowed came in the first inning…

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