Louisiana Tech’s dream season ended yesterday with a 14-7 loss to North Carolina State, but the LSU Tigers are still alive in the Eugene Regional after winning two games yesterday over Gonzaga and Oregon. In the four to one win over the Ducks, Gavin Dugas homered and also took a trip around the bases when he banged one off the wall and Dugas says he was not stopping when he got to third…
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LSU will play Oregon again tonight.

The legislative session ends Thursday so legislation that would dedicate .45 percent of the state sales tax that will expire in 2025 to infrastructure has only four days left to get over the finish line. Conservative lawmakers oppose it and Governor Edwards says he likes the idea, but the devil is in the details.
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The Senate Finance Committee has approved a couple of House-approved pieces of legislation that could result in more money going to roads and bridges.

The state legislature has overwhelmingly passed a bill to cover bariatric surgeries for state employees after a long-fought battle. Baton Rouge Senator Regina Barrow says her legislation can extend the life of overweight state employees and reduce the costs spent on morbidly obese-related illnesses.
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Despite Louisiana’s high obesity rate, it is one of a few states that does not cover bariatric surgery for severely obese state employees.

Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser is in Alaska this week as part of a partnership between our two states to jointly promote domestic seafood. Nungesser says Louisiana and Alaska are the two biggest producers of domestic seafood and the partnership is a natural fit.
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Alaska and Louisiana combine to produce about 6.5 million pounds of seafood annually.