The U-S Justice Department announced its opened a pattern or practice investigation into State Police to determine whether LSP uses excessive force and engages in racially discriminatory policing against Black residents and other people of color…
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That’s Kristen Clarke, Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division. She says the investigation will include a comprehensive review of LSP policies, training, supervision, and force investigations.

The statewide average for a gallon of regular gasoline has reached $4.50 for the first time and Triple-A’s Don Redman says there’s no relief in sight, in fact, it may get worse…
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Higher education will see a record increase in funding for the fiscal year that begins July 1st. The money contained in the budget for universities and colleges contains a pay raise for faculty, the largest capital outlay allocation to higher ed, money to help adult learners go back to school and there are also five million dollars for title nine and power-based violence training programs. Higher Education Commissioner Kim Hunter Reed..
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Lake Charles chef Amanda Cusey is this year’s winner of the Louisiana Seafood Cook-off which took place this week in Lafayette. Cusey cooked a pan-seared red drum over tomato polenta with crawfish cream sauce. The Arizona native makes Italian dishes at Villa Harequin in Lake Charles…
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Cusey will represent Louisiana in the Great American Seafood Cook-off in New Orleans in August.