A vote on President Biden’s infrastructure bill is expected today in the U-S House. Republicans in Louisiana’s delegation are expected to vote no. Supporters say the legislation will mean an additional six billion dollars over the next five years for Louisiana. But Congresswoman Julia Letlow reads the legislation differently…
cut 5 (09) “…roads and bridges”
Progressives in the House could vote against this legislation too, because they want a three-point-five trillion-dollar reconciliation bill approved.

Extinction happens and Robert Dobbs with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries says the ivory-billed woodpecker is among nearly two dozen birds, fish and other species that have now been declared extinct by the US Fish and Wildlife Service…
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Dobbs says the last confirmed siting of the ivory-billed woodpecker was in the Tensaw River area in northeastern Louisiana.

Over the weekend, 24-year-old Lanaya Cardwell of Baton Rouge was leading a search for her two-year-old daughter. Today she’s in jail, charged with second-degree murder in the death of Neveah Allen. The little girl’s body was found in Mississippi on Sunday. Baton Rouge Police Chief Murphy Paul was asked when Cardwell became a suspect…
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Cardwell’s live-in boyfriend, 30-year-old Phillip Gardner, has also been charged with murder.

Hurricane Ida has delayed legal sports betting at the state’s casinos and racetracks. Louisiana Gaming Control Board Chairman Ronnie Johns says State Police handles the application process and they were busy responding to the Hurricane. Johns says the State Police Gaming Division is back at full capacity so he hopes sports betting will get going soon…
cut 9 (09) “…final approval to”