A Baton Rouge Democrat says he’ll be seeking to deny Republican U.S. Senator John Kennedy a second term in office come next year.  More from Dave Brannen…:

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The state’s biggest grower of medical marijuana is soon to be moving from Baton Rouge to a new 225-thousand square foot facility near Ruston. Good Day Farms, who are under contract with the LSU Ag Center to grow the medicinal herb, say they will need the additional crop space.

The Jefferson parish town of Lafitte was particularly hard hit by Hurricane Ida and continues to struggle to rebuild. Lafitte Mayor Tom Kerner says one bid problem was mud; sometimes feet deep covering roadways, driveways and parking lots. He says in some cases it was even worse…:

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The mud is being scooped up, loaded on trucks and hauled to a dump. Kerner says some Lafitte residents could be out of their homes for up to a year.

Louisiana-founded WAITR delivery service announces a celebrity endorsement deal with LSU All-American cornerback Derek Stingley. WAITR’s Dean Turcol says new NCAA rules paved the way for the deal…:

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Stingley will use his Instagram to give out a delivery discount code for fans to use on their next WAITR order.

Republican Senator John Kennedy already has a challenger in his bid for a second term next year. Democrat Luke Mixon of Baton Rouge says he’s running for the office held by Kennedy since 2017.  The 42-year-old Mixon contends Kennedy has cast votes to block billions of dollars to improve our infrastructure and protect the state from natural disasters. Political analyst Bernie Pinsonat doesn’t see it in the cards for Mixon, a commercial airline pilot, denying Kennedy another term in office.

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The small community of Lafitte in Jefferson Parish is still struggling to recover from Hurricane Ida. Mayor Tim Kerner said this morning that the town’s housing stock suffered a major loss when Ida roared ashore more than a month ago. Kerner indicates the residents of Lafitte are a resilient bunch.

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Social media users were distraught for more than six hours Monday when they were unable to access Facebook and its other platforms, Brooke Thorington has more.

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The Louisiana Department of Health is confirming a COVID-19 outbreak connected to a recent wedding in Abbeville. The Department considers all attendees of this wedding to be exposed to COVID-19 and encourages all attendees to take public health precautions.

The wedding was held at L’Eglise on September 25, 2021. Approximately 150 people were in attendance and several of them subsequently developed symptoms and tested positive the virus that causes COVID-19.

Republican Senator John Kennedy is expected to have a new challenger for re-election with Democrat Luke Mixon of Baton Rouge announcing he’s throwing his hat in the ring.  Political analyst Bernie Pinsonat says Mixon has his work cut out for him in an attempt to unseat Kennedy.

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The 42-year-old Mixon will face off against Kennedy in the 2022 election

Monday’s Facebook outage has some thinking the social media platform was hacked. But Host of Tech Gumbo Haggai Davis says the company was doing an internal system upgrade to the Border Gate Protocol, which acts like the post office to send you to facebook.com and the six-hour outage was reminiscent of a Three Stooges episode.

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Louisiana’s only Democratic congressman is optimistic that a deal will be reached soon on a trillion-dollar infrastructure bill and more partisan legislation to allocate three-point-five-billion on social spending.  More from Dave Brannen.

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The Louisiana Department of Health says a September 25^th wedding in Abbeville is linked to a COVID outbreak and all 150 attendees should considered themselves exposed and seek COVID testing. Unvaccinated attendees should quarantine until October 9^th.

The small community of Lafitte in Jefferson Parish is still struggling to recover from Hurricane Ida. Mayor Tim Kerner said this morning that the town’s housing stock suffered a major loss when Ida roared ashore more than a month ago.

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He says about 50 to 60 percent of the residents won’t be able to live in their homes for about a year because of the destruction.  But, he’s taken steps to get 300 temporary housing units to the town as soon as possible.

In an effort to get those still without shelter in some of the hardest-hit areas of Ida, the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness is working in conjunction with FEMA to speed up the process. GOHSEP Deputy Director Casey Tingle says they hope to have trailers installed as soon as this weekend. He says FEMA is still working on their program of direct housing that includes travel trailers, mobile homes, and certain types of leases.

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When waiting on a liver or kidney transplant, time is of the essence when a match is located. Right now, you have to receive that organ within four hours for it to remain viable. But LSU Mechanical Engineer Professor Ram Devireddy (Dev-ah-ready) says they are researching ways to freeze an organ so it can remain viable longer

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Monday’s Facebook outage, along with the other social media platforms owned by the company, has many asking what happened and was the company hacked. Host of Tech Gumbo Haggai Davis says the company was doing a system upgrade and the Border Gate Protocol which acts like the post office sending you to a proper address in this case facebook.com and that’s when things went dark shortly before noon.

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US Naval Academy graduate and former fighter pilot Luke Mixon is seeking to unseat Republican Senator John Kennedy next year. 42-year-old Mixon is the first Democrat to announce his candidacy against the state’s junior senator. Mixon a commercial pilot who lives in Baton Rouge says Kennedy isn’t representing the state’s interests in DC.

Baton Rouge’s Our Lady Of the Lake hospital announces a huge investment in a new regional cancer treatment center. More from Kevin Gallagher.

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The state has launched a temporary housing program that will result in trailers, mobile homes, and even shipping containers being sent to the hardest-hit areas of Hurricane Ida by the end of the week. GOHSEP Deputy Director Casey Tingle says to apply for trailers go to ida-sheltering-la-dot-com…

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FEMA is paying for the program.

Louisiana Democratic Congressman Troy Carter is sounding optimistic that a compromise is within reach on infrastructure and social spending bills in DC. On the subject of expanding broadband that’s included in the social spending bill, he believes it’s an important matter to address.

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Louisiana Democratic Congressman Troy Carter is sounding an optimistic note that a compromise is within reach on infrastructure and social spending bills. He talks about one of the projects in the 1.2-trillion-dollar infrastructure bill that’s important to our state.

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The Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness is working in conjunction with FEMA to speed up the process to get those without shelter travel trailers. GOHSEP Deputy Director Casey Tingle says FEMA is still working on their program of direct housing that includes travel trailers, mobile homes, and certain types of leases.

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Tingle says you can register online for assistance at IdaShelteringLA.com

Our Lady Of the Lake hospital in Baton Rouge announces plans to build a $100-million cancer center in the Capital City. OLOL President and CEO Scott Wester says site selection is underway and they expect to break ground on the cancer center in early 2022.

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LSU has received a grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop a better freezing process for organs awaiting transplant to make them viable for more than four hours. While there’s been much progress in freezing things like embryos, LSU Mechanical Engineer Professor Ram Devireddy (Dev-ah-ready) says he doesn’t see the techniques he’s testing being used for at least another five years.

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The grant is for $433-thousand.

There are individuals left homeless after Hurricane Ida. Brooke Thorington reports the state has launched a program that will provide these storm victims with mobile homes, trailers, and even shipping containers to live in while repairs are done on their homes…
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For the first time since early June, someone won the Powerball Jackpot which was just shy of 700-million dollars last night. The winning ticket was sold in California.

Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center plans to break ground early next year on a 100-million dollar cancer center. OLOL President Scott Wester says the 80-thousand square foot facility will include literally every aspect of cancer research, treatment, and care…
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Wester says they plan on treating cancer patients from around the state and the Gulf South.

An LSU Mechanical Engineering Professor has received a 433-thousand dollar grant to study how they can freeze organs set aside for a transplant longer. Currently, doctors only have four hours to execute a transplant and Ram Devireddy says the trick is finding just the right amount of cooling time that keeps the tissue viable….
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The Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness has launched a program to provide housing to Hurricane Ida victims left homeless as a result of the storm. GOHSEP Deputy Director Casey Tingle says with FEMA’s assistance they hope to have trailers, mobile homes, and even shipping containers installed as soon as this weekend that can provide temporary housing
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Hurricane victims looking to register should go to Ida-sheltering-la-dot-com.

Our Lady of the Lake Hospital in Baton Rouge announces plans to build an 80-thousand square foot, 100-million dollar cancer center. Governor John Bel Edwards says once the state of the art center is constructed, it will eliminate the need for cancer patients to seek treatment out of state…
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The U-S House still has yet to vote on a one-point-two trillion-dollar infrastructure bill and also a three-point-five trillion-dollar social spending bill. New Orleans Congressman Troy Carter says both measures are important to Louisiana…
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The three-point-five trillion-dollar spending bill would provide free community college and universal pre-K.

When you are waiting on something as important as a liver or kidney for a transplant, time is of the essence. Right now, you have to receive that organ within four hours for it to remain viable. But LSU Mechanical Engineer Professor Ram Devireddy (Dev-ah-ready) says they are researching ways to freeze an organ so it can remain viable longer
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LSU has received a $433-thousand grant from the National Institutes of Health to study the best method to preserve an organ.