Louisiana lawmakers anticipate an extremely busy 2024 after Governor-elect Jeff Landry is sworn in on January 8th. Brooke Thorington has more.
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2024 will begin with LSU playing Wisconsin in the Reliaquest Bowl in Tampa at 11 AM. The Sugar Bowl in New Orleans will host a national semi-final game on New Year’s Day night between Texas and Washington. The Ragin Cajuns will play Jacksonville State in the New Orleans Bowl on December 16th. And the Saints lost to the Lions 33-28 yesterday.

At one time Louisiana led the nation in HIV cases but Sam Burgess with The Louisiana Department of Health says, Since 2018, the Bayou State has seen an 11% decrease in new cases of HIV. Burgess says the improvements were possible through the efforts of many…
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In spite of the disruptions to healthcare during the pandemic, Louisiana HIV patients continued to receive care and new cases fell.

Louisiana Public Broadcasting will air tonight a new documentary at 7 PM that will give viewers a fresh look at the State Capitol Building. The 450-foot tall building built in the early 1930s has unique craftmanship that visitors can not see…
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That’s LPB’s Senior Producer Dorothy Kendrick, who says it cost just five million dollars to build the capitol and it took only 14 months to complete.