State Transportation Secretary Shawn Wilson says people don’t seem to be dismissing the idea of a gas tax increase. Michelle Southern reports…:
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Governor John Bel Edwards is now asking for four billion dollars in federal flood aid, after originally requesting two-point-eight dollars. The governor has also appointed former House Speaker Charlie DeWitt to serve the remaining term of Public Service Commission member Clyde Holloway, who passed away this week.

Three people riding in a dump truck that was towing a trailer are lucky to be alive after it careened over the guardrail into water on Interstate 55 near the Ruddock exit. State Police Trooper Jared Sandifer says only two people were slightly hurt….
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Sandifer says they believe a pickup truck pulling a trailer, cut off the dump truck, forcing it over the side of the road.

A Raycom Media Poll on the US Senate race has Republican State Treasurer John Kennedy and Democratic Public Service Commissioner Foster Campbell leading the large field of candidates. ULM political Science Professor John Sutherlin…
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