Lawmakers are optimistic they won’t have to stay in Baton Rouge after the regular session ends Thursday…:
Cut 1 (30) “I’m Halen Doughty”

LSU has advanced to the Super Regionals following a 5-0 shutout victory over Rice. Freshman pitcher Eric Walker, who struck out eight and scattered eight hits, says he likes high pressure situations..:
Cut 16 (13) “next weekend”

While the rate of interracial marriages is increasing nationwide, a Pew Research Center study finds that’s not the case in Baton Rouge or Lafayette. LSU associate professor of African-American studies and sociology, Dr. Lori Martin says there could be a number of reasons for this…:
Cut 3 (10) “to marriage”
Baton Rouge and Lafayette rank in the bottom 10 for interracial marriages, with less than 10 percent of relationships involving people of different races.

Today the House is slated to take up three Senate bills aimed at implementing criminal justice reform. Albany Representative Sherman Mack raised concerns about a provision that provides parole eligibility for second degree murderers sentenced in the 1970s…:
Cut 11 (07) “out of jail”
If these measures pass, the governor expects Louisiana’s prison population to fall by 10 percent over the next decade.