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He has a little more than three and a half months left in office, and Baton Rouge Congressman Garrett Graves is working hard, trying to tackle his legislative priorities. He’s working on several bi-bartisan bills, including one with New Orleans Demcrat Troy Carter.  Graves says that legislation would, among other things, remove income limits to qualify for grants to pay off disaster recovery loans.

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The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality is taking its fight against waste tires to the people across the state. LDEQ Secretary Aurelia Giacometto (jock-uh-MET-oh) says the department is holding six town hall meetings across the state to raise awareness of the issue.

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Bossier Parish authorities arrested an Elm Grove man who allegedly held a woman captive for three days and sexually assaulted her.  Sean Richardson has more.

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In case you missed it, Jayden Daniels had a sensational performance in the battle of former Heisman trophy-winning quarterbacks. Daniels completed an NFL rookie record 91 percent of his passes and had three total touchdowns in the Commanders 38-33 win over Joe Burrow and the Bengals.