GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump will deliver his first public speech tonight since Saturday’s attempted assassination. He’ll close out an emotional Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. Baton Rouge Congressman Garret Graves says he’s eager to hear what the former former president has to say…
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Qualifying for the November fifth election continues today in Louisiana. Graves is not running for re-election, but the five other U-S House members from Louisiana are seeking another term. Southwest Louisiana Congressman Clay Higgins is in Milwaukee, so New Iberia state senator Blake Miguez filed on his behalf…
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Congresswoman Julia Letlow is expected to qualify in person this morning.

The Louisiana Department of Health has launched the State Health Improvement Plan (SHIP), which surveyed six thousand Louisianans to determine four priority areas for improving health. Robert Hines with LDH says SHIP is a roadmap that will lead to action
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Hines says they want to reduce deaths from drug misuse, improve maternal health, increase acces to care and reduce cancer rates and improve screenings.

A nine-year-old boy continues to recover from a bite to the leg from an alligator that occurred while he was swimming with his family in Lake Pontchartrain this past weekend. LSU Ag Center Alligator Specalist Mark Shirley says alligators are in just about every freshwater and even mildly brackish waters…
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Shirley says alligators are usually afraid of us, unless they are really big or someone has been foolishly offering them food.