Six people have been rescued and four bodies have been recovered of crew members from the Seacor Power, which capsized on Tuesday due to hurricane-force winds.  One of the bodies was that of of 63-year-old David Ledet, the captain of the lift boat, along with 69-year-old Ernest Williams.  There are nine crew members that remain missing, search and rescue efforts are still ongoing.

There’s strong early momentum in the Legislature for the legalization and taxation of raw, smoke-able medical marijuana in Louisiana. Matt Doyle has more

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The first of three major SWEPCO wind projects is underway to deliver low-cost renewable energy for their customers in northwest and central Louisiana. SWEPCO spokesperson Carey Sullivan says this is the largest renewable energy project ever for a Louisiana utility and will impact 225,000 customers.

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The projects are actually in north-central Oklahoma and the windmills are connected to the power grid for Louisiana.

Two bills aimed at lowering drug prices authored by Senator Bill Cassidy are set to be signed into law by President Biden.  The first bill provides educational material to doctors and patients educating them about “biosimilar” alternatives to expensive name-brand treatments.  The second bill counters a recent court ruling that would have made it harder for much cheaper generic medications to be created after patents on expensive name brands lapse…

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