Lawmakers just wrapped up the second special session without closing the deficit, and they’ve got some time to recover be for the fiscal session in 2017. Halen Doughty has more…:
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Meanwhile Governor Edwards has this week to decide what areas of the budget he plans to cut. Ahead of that, ULM political science professor John Sutherlin believes the Edwards will be busy trying to bolster the state’s ports, roads and bridges, while also working on some job creation projects…:
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Louisiana’s major goal of stopping wetland erosion and rebuilding the coast is not going to happen as previously anticipated due to higher than projected rises in sea level. Director of the National Wildlife Federation’s Gulf Restoration Program David Muth says the most important step is for Louisiana to use sediment from the Mississippi River to build up the marshes…:
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Muth says the state is using funding from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill to build barrier islands, marshes and dredging to limit coastal land loss.

WWL in New Orleans is reporting that the Metairie native who was shot at the Orlando gay club two weeks ago, came out of his coma and is recovering well. Leonel Melendez had been in a coma until this week. He was shot in the head and leg while at the Pulse nightclub the night of the shooting by Omar Mateen. The family is accepting donations for Melendez’s medical expenses.