RSV cases in children are on the rise for the second summer in a row. Brooke Thorington has more.

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The statewide average is at $4.55 for a gallon of regular gasoline, the same price as yesterday, but Associate Director of the Tulane Energy Institute Eric Smith says don’t expect any real relief until the fourth quarter of this year…

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Governor John Bel Edwards has signed into law legislation that would make property owners more aware of their hurricane, named storm, wind, and hail deductibles. Eric Holl, executive director of the consumer advocacy group Real Reform Louisiana, says this legislation is a major step forward for policyholders and provides added protection for those facing the aftermath of a storm.

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State lawmakers began a special session today called to redraw a Congressional map with two Black majority districts. Republican House Speaker Clay Schexnayder believes the Congressional district map they approved in February with one majority district is fair and constitutional, but they will begin hearings on Friday to debate other proposals…

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The Legislative Black Caucus is supporting identical map proposals from Baton Rouge Senator Cleo Fields and New Orleans Representative Royce Duplessis that create two majority-Black districts. Duplessis says a federal judge has ordered the Legislature to do this…