The race is officially on to replace the outgoing Cedric Richmond as Louisiana’s second district Congressional member. Jeff Palermo has more…
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And for the 5th Congressional District, Julia Letlow said she’ll run the seat won by her late husband who died of COVID last month before he was sworn-in. So far Candy Christophe, Chad Conerly, Allen Guillory, and Horace Melton III have officially qualified.
The drawing for tonight’s Powerball, the longest-running in history with 36 draws reaches the fourth-largest jackpot in the game’s history at 730 million. Louisiana Lottery spokesperson Kim Chopin says even though no one’s hit the Jackpot since last fall, always check your numbers, while it might not be the jackpot it could still be a winning ticket.
The Powerball drawing is tonight at 10.
The Morganza-to-the-Gulf Hurricane protection project, which will protect Lafourche and Terrebonne Parishes, is awarded 12.5 million dollars by the Corps of Engineers. Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority head Chip Kline says because the feds have taken so long to appreciate the project’s significance the state has already moved ahead with constructing parts of it.