A newly formed PAC supporting cops in the state is trying to get the word out about who they are, and what they’re all about. Chris Stewart is the Executive Director of the Louisiana Law Enforcement PAC. He says their group plans to tackle matters that affect police officers statewide…:
Cut 13 (08) “that they have on them”
You can find out more online at LLEPAC.com.

71-year-old Donald Austin of Alexanderia has died after contracting the West Nile Virus. His family tells KALB-TV that he got sick two weeks prior to his death and they thought it was the flu. Doctor David Holcombe with the State Office of Public Health…
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There have been 19 cases of West Nile in Louisiana this year and this is the first death.

An LSU researcher has discovered the Gulf Mexico has the highest concentrations of microplastic in the world. Oceanographer Mark Benfield says you can blame the Mississippi River….
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Benfield says the plastic he sees in the Gulf is as big as a Mardi Gras bead and there’s a concern marine life is consuming the plastic.

U-S Representative Garret Graves anticipates House Majority Whip Steve Scalise will return to work after the August recess….
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It’s been two months since Scalise was shot in the hip. Scalise tweeted out a message in response to the deadly protests in Charlottesville, Virginia. The Republican from Jefferson Parish says he was disgusted by the violence and the vile white supremacist bigotry that inspired it.