As Louisiana’s congressional map is still up in the air, after more than two years trying to draw the map the State Attorney General and civil rights groups have filed for an appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court. NAACP Legal Defense Fund attorney Jared Evans says a Monday deadline has been set for other parties to file.

Cut 6 (05) “…look like.”

Qualifying dates for the November election are July 17^th through the 19^th.

This crawfish season has been one of the most unpredictable ones on record and Crawfish App co-founder, Laney King says typically prices go up for Mother’s Day.

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You can expect to pay about $5.15 a pound for boiled mudbugs and $2.92 a pound for live crawfish in Louisiana.

In West Monroe with the fate of Glenwood Regional in jeopardy since parent company Steward Health Care declared bankruptcy, Mayor Staci Mitchell is hoping a buyer will come through and keep the facility open.

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LSU Health New Orleans has been granted a patent for a test to better detect life threatening NEC in premature babies. Inventor of the diagnostic system Dr. Sunyoung Kim says currently, x-rays are used but they uncover less than half of the cases and often too late…

Cut 13 (10)  “…the baby.”

NEC is the most common and second deadliest disease for preemies.