House Bill 691, one of Secretary of State Nancy Landry’s election integrity bills advanced out of committee. It provides for the investigation of non-citizens found to be on the state’s voter rolls and Landry says a recent check of the state’s voter rolls through a federal database found hundreds of ineligible voters.
The 20-year Master Plan for Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport has been revealed. It includes the construction of a second terminal facility, as many as 15 additional gates, an additional parking garage and an improved roadway system. Walt Leger, the president of New Orleans and Company, says improving connectivity to other cities in the country and the world will have wide-ranging benefits.
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New Research out of LSU’s Pennington Biomedical Center finds that improving heart health might not be enough to protect against Alzheimer’s disease. Jeff Palermo has the story.
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Speculation that Will Wade could return as the Tigers’ men’s basketball coach has gained steam after multiple reports say LSU is working to hire McNeese AD Heath Schroyer as a senior administrator. Tiger Rag editor Glenn Guilbeau says that Wade’s familiarity with LSU President Wade Rousse, new LSU board chair Lee Mallett, and Schroyer — who all have ties to the Lake Charles area — could factor into a potential return to Baton Rouge.