Cash-strapped New Orleans has withdrawn its 110-million-dollar bond and loan request from the State Bond Commission. Mayor Helena Moreno says the city pulled the application because it would have been denied. Tulane political science professor Mike Sherman on the relationship between New Orleans and the Landry Administration.
Cut 9 (13) “…is expanding.”
The Gulf of Mexico is seeing an increase in its shark population. Dr. Dean Grubbs, the associate director of research at the Florida State University Coastal and Marine Laboratory, says while some species continue to decline in population, others are recovering due to warming water temperatures.
Cut 3 (12) “…for bull sharks.”
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The Major League Baseball Draft is this weekend, and a few Tigers will definitely be in the mix when it starts at noon today. Outfielders Derek Curiel and Jake Brown are projected to go in the first and second rounds. Koki Riley covers LSU baseball for The Advocate and says most of the other players who have a chance to leave Baton Rouge for pro ball are older right-handed relief pitchers.
Jay Johnson and his staff will keep an eye on the draft to see where the top LSU prep signees end up. One they won’t have to worry about is pitcher Lucas Nawrocki out of Aldoredo, Texas. Nawrocki announced on social media last night that he will bypass the Draft and fulfill his commitment to the LSU. The 5’11 left hander was a projected Top-100 draft pick by multiple outlets.