A bill to legalize the delivery of low content alcohol passes committee and is headed to the House. Matt Doyle talked to the bill sponsor.
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The federal government is set to pay Louisiana approximately $95 million of its royalties from offshore oil revenue in the Gulf of Mexico earned in fiscal year 2018.
This week the U.S. Department of the Interior announced the latest Gulf of Mexico Energy and Security Act award will go toward flood protections and coastal restorations projects.
Louisiana’s award is about $12 million more than it received last year.
In sports The Saints have a history of trading up in the NFL draft and they did that again last night to take Texas A-and-M center Erik McCoy. The former Aggie was a three-year starter in College Station and the Saints made a trade with the Dolphins to move up 14 spots to take him. Draft analysts say McCoy is a good value pick and someone who could start in his rookie season. The Saints needed a center with the retirement of Max Unger.
Former LSU Tiger Greedy Williams saw seven cornerbacks selected, before the Cleveland Browns used the 47th pick overall to take the former Calvary Baptist star
And today is day three of Jazz Fest in New Orleans. It’s opening weekend and the 50th anniversary of the Festival, and the weather is expected to cooperate today with highs in the lower 80s and lows in the lowers 60s tonight. The Festival has been plagued with woes with this year’s from the cancellation of the Rolling Stones, and replacement act Fleetwood Mac’s sudden cancellation. Wide Spread Panic is scheduled to replace the former headliners on May 2nd. One of tonight’s headliners at the Fairgrounds in New Orleans is American Idol judge Katy Perry.