Just four days left in the legislative session and the House and Senate differ on what the spending plan for next fiscal year should look like. The Senate wants to raise a spending cap in order to use one-time dollars on major projects, while the House would rather use surplus dollars to pay down debt. La-Politics-dot-com publisher Jeremy Alford is anxious to see how the next few days play out…
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Failure to pass a budget by Thursday’s 6 PM deadline, would require lawmakers to go into a special session.

Beginning in August, individuals convicted of driving drunk with a blood alcohol content of .15 or higher can use a monitoring device in their vehicle to prevent them from driving under the influence again. Current law only allows a DWI offender to get a monitoring device to reinstate their license if they had a BAC of .20 or higher. Government Relations for Mothers Against Drunk Driving in Louisiana Mary-Patricia Wray says this law could prevent repeat offenders…
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Wray says the new law aligns Louisiana with 46 other states.
An LSU Health New Orleans study finds diet contributes to risk of HPV-related cancer. Professor of Biostatitics Hui-Yi Lin says for women aged 15 to 59, the prevalence of any HPV infection is 41-percent and HPV infections can lead to cervical cancer….
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LSU pulled off a dramatic six to five win over Oregon State yesterday to put them one win away from the Super Regionals. After a three hour weather delay, Thatcher Hurd struck out 12 in five innings of relief and Brayden Jobert blasted a solo home run in the eighth inning to snap a five-five tie. Jobert says it was a great day, but today is a bigger day…
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LSU will face a tired Oregon State team at 1 PM today. The Beavers avoided elimination by defeating Sam Houston late last night.