While members of Louisiana’s Republican Congressional delegation are critizing the President’s student loan cancellation plan, many Louisiana residents who are thousands of dollars in debt are applauding the action. Victoria Carter says while her loan payments are hold for now, she was paying 600-dollars a month for her and her husband…
cut 5 (09) “….our loans”

All the rain this week has not been good for the state’s soybean crop. It’s the state’s largest crop at one-point-two million acres planted, but LSU soybean specialist Doctor David Moseley says it’s getting bad for some farmers, especially in northeast Louisiana
Cut 13 (09) “..to rot.”
There’s a good chance for more rain today.

Saturday marks the two-year anniversary of Hurricane Laura, as the Category 4 storm made landfall in southwest Louisiana. Lake Charles Mayor Nic Hunter says his outlook has improved immensely since this time last year now that the city has received an allocation of federal supplemental disaster aid.
cut 10 (11) “…around the corner.”
Federal grant money is still not available to families who are in the need of money to help pay for repairs or fix that roof that still has a blue tarp on it.

The state’s Gaming Control Board reports sports betting – in person and via phone app – is off to a vigorous start in Louisiana. Chairman Ronnie Johns says numbers collected for the first half of the calendar year shows just over $85-million has been bet on sporting events through June 30th…:
Cut 7 (08) “…revenue for the state.”
And Johns expects sports betting to pick up with a new football season starting.