A new study by Tulane University researchers say people in New Orleans should start planning to relocate. Andrew Greenstein reports.

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The statewide average price for a regular gallon of gasoline has surpassed four dollars a gallon. According to Triple-A, the statewide average increased three pennies overnight to $4.02 . That’s a 22-cent increase from last week. Still a ways to go to reach the highest recorded average price in Louisiana, which is $4.55, set in June of 2022.

In a response to last month’s fatal mass shooting at the Mall of Louisiana, the Louisiana Senate has passed legislation that would result in a gunman being charged with first-degree murder, which would make that person eligible for the death penalty, if they fire a gun at a crowd of people….

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That’s Shreveport Senator Alan Seabaugh. First-degree murder charges are usually handed down if a person kills another person while also committing a felony.

The Louisiana Department of Health has released its annual report card on drinking water. L-D-H ? Chief Engineer Steven Joubert says the water system grades can be found on L-D-H’s website…

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Sixty-seven percent of the state’s 909 community public water systems have earned an A letter grade, while 58 received an “F” grade.