“No Party” voters are allowed to vote in either the Republican or Democratic party primaries, but that might not be the case in the future. There is a bill that is close to final legislative passage that will allow each party to decide if registered “No Party” voters can vote in their primary. Baton Rouge Senator Regina Barrow opposes the idea…

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Secretary of State Nancy Landry understands the logic behind allowing a political party to decide who can vote in the primary…

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Landry says her office needs some type of resolution on this issue before the 2028 Presidential primary, because the state does not want different types of primaries on a single ballot.

More than 11-thousand flags are planted in front of the state capitol in remembrance of the more than 11-thousand Louisiana military personnel who gave the ultimate sacrifice and lost their lives fighting for our country. There’s an organization where families can bond over immediate relatives of U-S military service members who died in the line of the duty and they are called Gold Star families. Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Charlton Meginley recently spent time with them…

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The Ragin Cajuns will be the only team from Louisiana in the NCAA Baseball Tournament when the bracket is unveiled at 11 AM this morning. Coach Matt Deggs team solidified its spot by winning five games in six days at the Sun Belt Tournament…

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The Cajuns are expected to be a three seed in a Regional.

There are several ceremonies commemorating Memorial Day today. Jeanne Burns reports.

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It’s also selection Monday for college baseball. For the first time since 2011, LSU will not be in the NCAA Tournament, but the Ragin Cajuns should be headed to the Regional after a great run in the Sun Belt Tournament, where they went 5-and-2 and made it to the Tournament championship game where they lost to Southern Miss.

Willis Knighton Health in Shreveport is the first health organization in the region to offer a breakthrough liver cancer treatment. It was performed by Dr. Gazi Zibari, the director of the Willis Knighton Advanced Surgery Center. He says it’s a robotic histotripsy (HISS-to-trip-sy), which is a non-thermal, non-invasive ultrasound-based ablative therapy that destroys tissue through focused cavitation.

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Dr. Zibari says this new technology allows for this treatment to be done on an outpatient basis – no need for the patient to be admitted for days.

Shreveport wants to be known as the stuff shrimp Catpital of Louisiana and there’s legislation close to final legislative passage that would give Shreveport that designation. State Representative Joy Walters says the history of stuffed shrimp in Shreveport dates back to the 1950s and 60s…

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The legislation is awaiting a vote by the full Senate before it heads to the governor’s desk.

The Louisiana Department of Health announces that starting Tuesday SNAP recipients will only be able to use their EBT cards for purchases within the state and in ZIP codes adjacent to Louisiana’s border in neighboring states. L-D-H says the change protects benefits from fraud and out of state use.

If you’re looking to satisfy your craving for crawfish one last time this year, this is the perfect weekend to do so. Andrew Greenstein reports.

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A Senate committee approves a budget that takes into account a revenue shortfall of 104-million dollars. Senate Finance Chairman Glen Womack says there is less money that’s available to spend next fiscal year because of a dropoff in revenues. Womack says this means additional dollars for school vouchers and education operation costs had to be cut.

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A memorial service takes place Saturday for legendary McNeese football coach Bobby Keasler. Keasler led the Cowboys to four Southland Championships in the 1990s and an appearance in the Division One-Double-A national championship game in 1997. McNeese Sports Information Director Matthew Bonnettee says Keasler’s death is a tremendous loss…

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The New Iberia native passed away earlier this month at the age of 80.

A bill awaiting the governor’s signature is a measure that would eliminate the need for drivers to get an inspection sticker for their vehicle. It will be replaced by a six-dollar Q-R code that you would get in the mail, just like you get your registration sticker for your license plate. Stonewall Representative Larry Bagley says service station owners opposed his bill, citing that this legislation will lead to a drop in business…

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The governor is expected to sign the legislation.

It will be a wet Memorial Day weekend as the state is in a rainy weather pattern that will stick around into next week. National Weather Service Meteorologist Chanelle Stigger in Lake Charles says we are looking at some impressive rain totals for the next week.

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If you’re looking to satisfy your craving for crawfish one last time this year, this is the perfect weekend to do so. Andrew Greenstein reports.

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According to analysis of google search data, the most misspelled word in Louisiana is restaurant, which is interesting since the state is known for its great restaurants. According to Unscrambler-dot-com, the words business, schedule, definitely, and favorite are the other most misspelled words by Louisiana residents.

A Senate committee approves a budget that takes into account a revenue shortfall of 104-million dollars. Senate Finance Chairman Glen Womack says the fewer dollars available is the result of the Revenue Estimating Conference adopting an economic forecast less robust than previously predicted. Womack says this means additional dollars for school vouchers and education operation costs had to be cut.

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If this spending plan is approved, teachers could lose out on two-thousand dollars they are currently receiving through a stipend.

The summer travel season begins this weekend and motorists are having to pay more than four-dollars a gallon for gasoline. Triple-A’s Don Redman says Americans will not cancel their summer plans, but they may alter them as a result of the high gas prices…

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A bill awaiting the governor’s signature is a measure that would eliminate the need for drivers to get an inspection sticker for their vehicle. It will be replaced by a six-dollar Q-R code that you would get the mail, just like you get your registration sticker for your license plate. Stonewall Representative Larry Bagley says service station owners opposed his bill, citing that this legislation will lead to a drop in business…

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The governor is expected to sign the legislation.

It will be a good weekend to consume some mudbugs. Laney King of the Crawfish App says prices have dropped 50-cents a pound this week and a sack of live crawfish is selling for less than three dollars a pound and boiled crawfish is going for about $550 a pound…

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