State Police is investigating a fatal officer-involved shooting that took place in Lafayette during the overnight hours. Very few details are known at this time. The shooting occurred on Paul Breaux Avenue at 2:30 this morning involving a Lafayette Police Officer.

Two bills to ensure the safety of nursing home patients during natural disasters passed unanimously in Senate Health and Welfare. Brooke Thorington has more.
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Port Allen Senator Rick Ward has launched a social media campaign to drum up support to set aside 500-million dollars for the construction of a new I-10 Mississippi River Bridge in Baton Rouge. Governor Edwards supports the proposal, but Ward says he’s heard from lawmakers who believe that’s a lot of money to set aside when construction of a new bridge is years away….
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Ward has a 30-second commercial running on social media that makes the case to use surplus and federal infrastructure dollars to get the ball rolling on building a new bridge.

Monroe Senator Stewart Cathey Junior has a bill to make the Gulf Fritillary (frit-ah-lar-ee) the state butterfly….
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Cathey says the Gulf Fritillary is the state’s only indigenous butterfly and filed the bill at the request of a constituent. The legislation is heading to the Senate floor.