During a morning press conference, Louisiana Attorney General Buddy Caldwell announces that US authorities have reached an agreement with BP on the settlement of the 2010 Gulf oil spill. Caldwell says Louisiana will receive $6.8 billion of the $18.7 billion total settlement. We’ll have more details in future newscasts.

The Louisiana Federation for Children has found that 91 percent of parents are satisfied with their child’s scholarship school. Scott Carwile reports.

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During a debate at the Farm Bureau Convention the four major gubernatorial candidates were asked how they felt about the Supreme Court ruling that legalized same sex marriage nationwide. Lt. Governor Jay Dardenne says most legal experts would tell you that this ruling did not come as a surprise…

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The gubernatorial primary is October 24th.

GasBuddy.com says holiday travelers will see the lowest gas prices for the Independence Day holiday in years. Petroleum analyst Gregg Laskoski says we’ll be paying about 95 cents a gallon less than last year. He says prices are going down because of the decline in the price of crude oil…

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Laskoski says we’ll see a steady decrease from now until the end of the summer as long as we are without any weather event that could disrupt the pattern.