10:30 LRN Newscast January 4

Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin remains sedated and on a ventilator in Cincinnati after he collapsed on the field in Monday night’s game against the Bengals. The 24-year-old is listed in critical condition. But LSU Health New Orleans cardiac electrophysiologist Doctor Jameel Ahmed says being in the I-C-U does not mean a patient is dying, it’s more for the rehabilitation of the body…
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La-politics-dot-com publisher Jeremy Alford says it’s possible state lawmakers could look to increase their base salary this year. Alford says 2008 was the last time Legislators tried to raise their pay…
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Base pay for state lawmakers is just under 17-thousand dollars and it’s been that way for 41 years.

Tulane’s amazing football season is expected to generate new interest in the New Orleans school. Brooke Thorington has more
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New U-S Census numbers show the state lost more than 36-thousand residents between July 1st, 2021 and July 1st, 2022. That ranks fifth among states for numeric decline and only New York had a higher percentage loss. Southern states like Texas, North Carolina, Georgia and South Carolina are among the fastest growing states.