The U-S Department of the Interior is canceling oil and gas lease sales scheduled in the Gulf and Alaskan coast due to what it says is a lack of industry interest in drilling near Alaska and conflicting court rulings that have made drilling in the Gulf more complicated. While environmental groups laud the decision Louisiana Oil & Gas President Mike Moncla says it’s disastrous for the state.

Cut 7 (09) “…good for Louisiana.”

Moncla says that the Biden Administration is failing to respond in a time of crisis, with gas prices reaching a record four dollars and forty cents per gallon and consumer prices up 8.3 percent last month from a year ago.

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LSU and Ole Miss will pick up where they left off on Friday after rain put a stop to last night’s game in the bottom of the third with the Tigers trailing 4-2. The teams will complete the series opener starting at 11 am at The Box, with game two to follow 50 minutes after the conclusion. Also starting at 11 am the Division IV state baseball championship between Calvary Baptist and Ouachita Christian.

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An amendment by Republicans led to Oil City Representative Danny McCormick pulling his controversial bill that would have criminalized abortion. LaPolitic’s dot-com publisher Jeremy Alford says even with the leak of a possible overturn of Roe v Wade the original bill is considered unconstitutional.

Cut 4  (08) “…race at all.”

Alford says the original bill that would have saddled abortion participants with murder charges will most likely not return for this legislative session since the bill’s criminalization element was removed from the legislation.

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Sunday night should present Louisianans with an ideal view of the lunar eclipse. LSU Astronomy Professor Jeffrey Clayton says it’s a unique occurrence and he highly recommends making plans to stay up a bit later than usual Sunday night. He says as long as you are in a dark location with few clouds you should be able to enjoy the show and you won’t even need a telescope.

Cut 15 (06) “…awesome sight.”