Commissioner of administration Jay Dardenne says to avoid deep budget cuts to government services, the state will need to raise revenue…

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The fight over the removal of confederate statues in New Orleans is heading to the state’s highest court. President of the Monumental Task Force, Pierre McGraw, has filed paperwork with the Louisiana Supreme Court in an effort to keep the city of New Orleans from taking them down. The filing comes after an appeals court judge refused to issue a restraining order to stop their removal. McGraw has requested expedited consideration on the issue.

The Attorney General’s Office has announced six additional arrests in the Lafayette D.A. bribery scandal. The U.S. Attorney’s Office has already sentenced and convicted 5 people in connection with this case. State A-G Jeff Landry says the six people arrested here are some that have been prosecuted in the federal investigation and are now facing a variety of charges from the state…

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He says none of those arrested are currently working in the D.A.’s office.

An LSU Health Shreveport study shows that radiation is being over used to treat elderly woman with breast cancer. Lead researcher Dr. Quyen Chu hopes that by releasing this study, more doctors will start following what the guidelines call for. He says the reason radiation is still being used is likely because doctors are set in their ways in treating patients…

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He says radiation treatment can cause many different complications in patients.