Louisiana’s own Dustin Poirier will close out his UFC career in New Orleans, for the city’s first time hosting a UFC Championship. Poirier takes on Max Holloway at the Smoothie King Center tomorrow night and Kelly Schulz with New Orleans and Company says this is another way for New Orleans to showcase herself to the world.

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She says the UFC championship is the latest in a long string of high-profile events.

Following an NCAA settlement, schools are allowed to pay up to 20.5-million dollars of athletic revenue directly to athletes and UL Lafayette is launching the Cajuns Edge fund so fans can support revenue sharing. Deputy Athletics Director Trey Frazier says they won’t pay out the full 20.5-million. They are trying to remain competitive with the top of the Sun Belt. He says in the early stages of fundraising, most of the revenue will go toward ticketed sports.

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Most of the money for the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion Project  that was cancelled yesterday would come from the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill settlement but Governor Landry has said continuing the three billion dollar project would cost the state money that it doesn’t have.

Cut 13 (14)  “…the whole coast.”

Senator and physician Bill Cassidy urging people to get vaccinated against measles and stresses that measles can be deadly.

Cut 14 (09) “…died from measles.”

He points out that both Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and State Surgeon General Dr. Ralph Abraham recommend the vaccine.