Legislative leaders are meeting today to discuss the possibility of a special session to entice property insurance companies to the state, but one lawmaker has questions. Brooke Thorington has more…:
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Another candidate for governor has emerged this morning, as Republican Representative Richard Nelson of Mandeville announced his campaign in the race to replace Governor John Bel Edwards. Nelson, at age 36, is the youngest candidate to announce so far. He joins state Senator Sharon Hewitt, Attorney General Jeff Landry and Treasurer John Schroder as the major Republicans in the race.

Xavier University in New Orleans is partnering with Ochsner Health in creating a new medical school. University President Reynold Verret says the partnership aims to address a chronic doctor shortage and diversify the medical field…:
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Xavier University is the only Roman Catholic historically black college in the US and the medical school would make it just the 5th Black medical school in the nation.

Five additional suspected cases of chronic wasting disease have been discovered in deer harvested by hunters on private land in Tensas Parish. This comes after a second case of CWD was confirmed last month. State Wildlife Veterinarian Jim LaCour says the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is working on zeroing in on the outbreak…:
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He says they are asking hunters to submit samples for testing and results will be posted on the LDWF website.