06:30 Newscast, August 2nd, 2017

The author of the failed gasoline tax increase proposal says the state needs to look at other ways to repair the Louisiana’s decrepit roads and bridges. Baton Rouge Representative Steve Carter…:
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Carter recommended a 17-cent gas tax hike, but the support was not there in the legislature.

LSU has found a tiger that could become Mike VII. Ginger Guttner with the LSU Vet School says the prospect is a nine-month-old, 160 pound male tiger. She says there’s still a lot up in the air, especially with the tiger habitat on campus still undergoing renovations…:
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Guttner says the prospective Mike VII is a rescue from a tiger sanctuary in Florida.

More women than ever are heading to court, as the American Bar Association finds an uptick in women becoming attorneys. Halen Doughty has more…:
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