For the first time ever, the McNeese men’s basketball team has won an NCAA Tournament game. Andrew Greenstein reports.
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The National Transportation Safety Board identifies eight bridges in Louisiana that are at unknown level of risk of collapse if struck by an ocean-going vessel. The report was released in response to last year’s collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore. Among the bridges listed in Louisiana, I-10 bridge in Baton Rouge. I-210 in Lake Charles, Crescent City Connection in NOLA, Huey P Long Bridge in Jefferson Parish and the Sunshine Bridge in Donaldsonville.
Louisiana Congressman Clay Higgins announces he will not challenge U-S Senator Bill Cassidy and run for his seat next year. Higgins says despite polls showing there’s a vast majority of Louisiana Republicans want him to run for the Senate, he believes he would be more beneficial as a senior Republican in the House. Pearson Cross teaches politics at ULM and says Cassidy’s vote to confirm Robert F Kennedy as U-S Health Secretary makes him less vulnerable…
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Cassidy still faces a challenge from his own party, as State Treasurer John Fleming will challenge Cassidy in the Republican Party Primary.
Louisiana continues to make its case to the NHL that New Orleans can be home to a professional hockey team. Congressman Steve Scalise was on a call with Governor Landry and NHL officials this week…
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It’s unknown if the NHL believes New Orleans is a viable city for an expansion franchise.