While members of Louisiana’s Republican Congressional delegation are criticizing 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 on hold for now, she was paying 600-dollars a month for her and her husband…
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The Louisiana Gaming Control Board says the state received 13-million dollars in tax revenue during the first six months of this year and they expect that number to grow significantly with the start of the college football season tomorrow. Gaming Control Board Chairman Ronnie Johns…
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Tonight the Saints host the Chargers in their final preseason game.

The Acadiana area and southeast Louisiana are seeing more scattered thunderstorms this morning. Northeast Louisiana could use a few dry days after seeing a foot of rain fall in some areas this week. LSU soybean specialist Doctor David Moseley says the soybean crop is suffering from all of this rain…
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The Louisiana Department of Natural Resources announces a 25-million dollar grant from the federal government that will go towards cleaning up abandoned wells. D-N-R spokesperson Patrick Courregas says they can begin spending the money on October 1st….
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Courregas says Louisiana’s orphaned well count is around 45-hundred. That number has grown considerably in recent years due to operators going out of business or abandoning the site due to state regulations.