Registration began yesterday for a chance to win a million dollars as part of the state’s Shot at a Million campaign and over 160-thousand people who are vaccinated against the coronavirus signed up. The state will hold weekly drawings next month as two-point-three million dollars in cash and scholarships will be given away.

Senate Education Chairman Cleo Fields will visit a few schools across the state today and tomorrow to explain his recently signed legislation mandating kindergarten attendance for five-year-olds…
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Compensation to those who have been wrongfully convicted and served jail time in Louisiana will increase beginning July of next year. Gretna Representative Joe Marino’s bill boosting the annual amount from $25,000 to $40,000 received near-unanimous support in the Legislature.
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A financial analysis of the legislation said 15 people are currently receiving annual compensation from the state for wrongful convictions.

For those looking to purchase a new home, it’s a seller’s market, and the President of the Louisiana Homebuilders Association, Tommy Pinion, does not expect the historically hot housing market to cool off in the near future…
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Pinion says the price of lumber has dropped about 45-percent after hitting a record high in May.