Governor John Bel Edwards signed a bill Friday morning that gives the state an additional 700-million dollars to spend on specific transportation projects. Edwards says the bill allocates 125-million dollars for what is known as the L-A 415 connector, which is a new four-lane roadway to help traffic congestion on I-10 in West Baton Rouge Parish.
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The money comes from the BP oil spill settlement.
A Baton Rouge woman is one million dollars richer thanks to a social media post. Lala Singleton says she only plays the Lottery once in a while, but Lottery spokesperson BreAnne Frye says after Singleton was tagged in a Facebook post by her sister-in-law in Connecticut that someone in Baton Rouge had one a million dollar Powerball prize.
Cut 12 (10) “…all five numbers.”
An Associated Press report finds Congressman Ralph Abraham, the top-polling Republican in the governor’s race, has missed 39 percent of US House votes since November. But LSU Political Science Professor Robert Hogan says the attack often doesn’t stick, because most of those votes, like a recent one on immigration, weren’t even close anyway.
Cut 7 (10) “…have this.”
It’s been a tough year for the Louisiana seafood industry and an algae bloom in Lake Pontchartrain is the latest hurdle for fishermen. The opening of the Bonnet Carre Spillway has affected the salinity levels of Lake Pontchartrain and the Mississippi Sound, impacting tourism and driving catchable product further offshore. Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser says it is important to score emergency funding for fishermen who are getting nothing right now.