If you watch tv-be aware, you’ll be seeing lots of dirty campaign ads in the Republican U.S. Senate race, as the primary is set for Saturday.  ULM Political Science Professor Pearson Cross says Bill Cassidy, John Fleming and Julia Letlow are pulling out all the stops to get their messages out to avoid finishing in last place.

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Monroe Republican Senator Jay Morris says he’s been getting voicemail threats at his after he was accused by the Democratic Party of using a racial slur toward a Black party executive in a tense public hearing on redrawing Louisiana’s congressional districts on Friday.

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We’re told the Senate Governmental Affairs committee will vote on a new congressional map after the full Senate adjourns today.  Options on the table include one majority black district or none, even as Democrats continue to push for two.
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For the first time ever, Louisiana will have a recreational alligator hunting season. Joe Gallinaro reports.

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Neuty the nutria, the New Orleans nutria who’d become an internet icon, passed away over the weekend.  His owners said they learned Neuty had a malignant mass in March and say the cancer was aggressive and spread quickly.  News of Neuty’s passing was shared on Neuty’s official Instagram page yesterday.