Louisiana Attorney General Buddy Caldwell announces that US authorities have reached an $18.7 billion agreement with BP on the settlement of the 2010 Gulf oil spill. Caldwell says Louisiana will receive $6.8 billion for natural resource damages, Clean Water Act civil penalties, and state economic damages. Caldwell says this settlement avoids a trial and allows for more immediate reaction. He stated that the settlement will be paid over the next 16 years.

The four candidates for Governor were asked how they felt about the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling legalizing same sex marriage nationwide. Amite Representative John Bel Edwards says the Supreme Court is the body that determines the constitution that is the law of the land and this issue is resolved and it’s time to move on…

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The question was posed during a debate at the Farm Bureau Convention.

Gas prices are at an all time low for the first time in years around the 4th of July Holiday. Emelie Gunn fills us in on how much we’re saving…

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The Reelz cable network has announced that they will televise the Miss USA Pageant live from Baton Rouge on July 12th. NBC pulled the pageant from their schedule over objections to pageant co-owner Donald Trump’s controversial comments on Mexican immigrants. Reelz CEO Stan Hubbard says they acquired the rights because they believe the pageant is an integral part of American tradition.