Former President Donald Trump will be in Metairie today for a high-priced fundraiser for his 2024 presidential campaign. V-I-P reception costs 33 hundred dollars per person and if you want a picture with him, that will cost 23 thousand dollars per person or per couple. LSU Political Science Professor Robert Hogan says this is an efficient way for a presidential candidate to raise money
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Businessmen Boysie Bollinger and Joseph Canizaro are hosting the fundraiser.

Hundreds of magicians are in the Crescent City as The Society of American Magicians holds its Enchanting National Conference in New Orleans for the first time in 20 years. Organizer Michael Dardant says the conference is unlike anything else…
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Dardant says the Tina Lenert Gala show tomorrow night at Jesuit High School is their big event for the week. Tickets can be found at Eventbrite.

Students in Lake Charles attending NASA’s space camp get a chance to talk with astronauts on the International Space Center this morning. STEM Center Director for Southwest Louisiana Mark Arseneault says among the questions…..is water generated or brought to the space station…
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More than 300 students are participating in the camp.

It will get hotter as the week goes and the hot sun pounding down on the asphalt on Louisiana roads makes your tires more susceptible to a blow out. AAA’s Don Redman says many of us do not check our tires before a long road trip or even check on the spare tire….
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Redman says their latest survey finds only 20-percent of motorists know how to change a tire.