Louisiana is the only red state that requires passenger vehicles to have up-to-date inspection stickers and State Representative Larry Bagley is once again pushing legislation to eliminate them. It’s the DeSoto Parish Republican’s fourth attempt. But this time he has the support of state police who had opposed the move because they’d lose funding. Bagley addressed this by proposing a $10 annual increase to vehicle registration fees.
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Tomorrow marks 15 years since the the Deepwater Horizon oil platform exploded, spewing almost five-million barrels of toxic oil into the gulf. 11 people were killed and 17 others injured, along with countless marine wildlife. Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser was the president of Plaquemines Parish back then. He says a lack of leadership on the ground in is what inspired him to eventually run for lieutenant governor.
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It’s the biggest crawfish weekend of the year; Andrew Greenstein reports
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The ninth-ranked LSU baseball team held on for a four-to-three victory over Alabama last night with great performances from pitchers Anthony Eyanson and Zac Cowan and center fielder Chris Stanfield went 4-for-4 with two runs scored. Coach Jay Johnson says they keep getting great production from Stanfield…