A bill that would result in the state’s first constitutional convention in 50 years has been filed. La-politics-dot-com publisher Jeremy Alford says there’s an effort to rewrite the state’s constitution by removing certain items out of it and putting them in state law…
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The goal is to give legislators more flexibility when facing budget deficits. There are many items that can not be cut as they are protected by the constitution and this results in higher ed and health care taking a brunt of the cuts.

LSU and Iowa meet tonight for a trip to the Women’s Basketball Final Four. A Los Angeles Times columnist referred to LSU as “basketball villains” and dirty debutantes because they like to trash talk. LSU’s Hailey Van Vith, who is white, called the column racist…
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The full House will likely hear a bill this week that would raise the fees on processors and distributors who work with seafood from other countries. Houma Representative Jessica Domangue is the author of the legislation…
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Domestic seafood producers have raised concerns about the safety of imported seafood.

A 12-year-old with a rare form of terminal cancer’s visit to Mansfield, Louisiana last week was both memorable and heart-touching. Brooke Thorington explains.
Cut 3 (34) “…I’m Brooke Thorington.”