With the Morganza Spillway set to open Sunday, Louisiana’s Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority and the St. Mary Levee District will begin installing a temporary barge floodgate on Bayou Chene in southern Assumption Parish today. Governor Edwards says it will take about a week to install and it will prevent backwater flooding for communities east of Morgan City…
A senate bill to allow a parish vote on the legalization of sports betting will be heard today in the House Appropriations Committee. The current bill calls for sports betting at racetracks and casinos but video poker interests are hoping to expand that. If that happens the bill would go it back to the Senate and time is running short in this legislative session. But Metairie Republican Danny Martiny is optimistic and thinks Louisiana could have sports betting in the state’s racetracks, riverboat casinos, and land-based casino in New Orleans by the end of the year.
LSU’s Pennington Biomedical Research Center will participate in a study to see why some people born in rural parishes and counties are more resilient when it comes to heart disease and other illnesses.
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Three Louisiana teams are in the NCAA Baseball Tournament, LSU, McNeese and Southern. LSU will square off against the Stony Brook Friday at six o’clock at The Box. The McNeese Cowboys, who won the Southland Conference Tournament on Saturday, head to Nashville and face to Indiana State Friday at noon. The Southern Jaguars will make their first appearance in the NCAA Tournament in 10 years. The Jaguars head to Starkville to face Mississippi State, Friday afternoon.