Louisiana could lose 3.6 billion dollars in homes, businesses, and infrastructure over the next 50 years if action isn’t taken to stop the massive coastal land loss problem. That’s according to Researcher Stephen Barnes with the LSU Economics and Policy…:
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The study has determined economic losses between 390-million to 600-million dollars for cities like Lafayette and Baton Rouge if nothing is done.

LSU has officially introduced its new basketball coach, Will Wade. The 34-year-old was greeted at the student union on campus to applause and cheers and he told the crowd he knows LSU can have a successful basketball program…:
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A federal judge in New Orleans has blocked a law which states people must have a birth certificate in order to get married. A suit was filed on behalf of a man who didn’t have proof of birth because he was born in an Indonesian camp, but has lived in Louisiana his entire life. The judge said the mandate denies the man the fundamental right to marry. The proposal was originally brought to crack down on people marrying only to obtain visas.

Louisiana’s film tax credit would be gone under a bill by Alexandria Senator Jay Luneau…:
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