Louisiana is receiving 60-million dollars in federal grant money that will help pay for several highway projects. Baton Rouge Congressman Garret Graves says it will free up state dollars to address the bottleneck coming off the I-10 bridge in Baton Rouge…
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The state will also improve and expand I-10 between Lafayette and the Atchafalaya Basin Bridge.

Governor John Bel Edwards has called on the Louisiana Department of Economic Development to review the the state’s film tax credit program. A cap was placed on the program in 2015 and movie production has suffered since. Economic Development Secretary Don Pierson…
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Recommendations will be provided to the legislature for their consideration in the 2017 session.

A hearing is pending in a federal courtroom over a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of state laws that puts more regulations on abortions. Janet Crepps, with the Center for Reproductive Rights, says last week’s Supreme Court ruling that blocked a Texas law requiring abortion doctors to have admitting priviledges at hospitals will help their case…
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Pro-life groups say the new rules approved by lawmakers are common sense protections for the safety of women.

Could we see more protesting today at the location where a Baton Rouge officer fatally shot 37-year-old Alton Sterling Protestors were there yesterday chanting “Black Lives Matter.” Cell phone video shows two officers holding Sterling down before using lethal force.