One of former Governor John Bel Edwards’ signature pieces of legislation has been changed as a result of a new law signed by Governor Jeff Landry. Teiko Foxx has the story…
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Starting next year, high school seniors will no longer be required to submit Free Application for Federal Student Aid forms. BESE has voted to scrap that requirement. Republican lawmakers and Education Superintendent Cade Brumley say the FAFSA requirement put an undue burden on students and forced families to share personal info with the federal government.

Entergy Louisiana is seeking approval to construct a floating natural gas power station off the state’s southeast coast. Director of Resource Planning and Market Operations Laura Beauchamp (Beach-um) says the project will enhance coastal reliability and resilience for a vital part of the state.
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The project must first receive approval from the Public Service Commission and will come with a price tag of $411 million.

Finally, some good news about crawfish. Crawfish App co-founder Laney King says mudbug prices are down a dollar a pound this week. She says boiled crawfish average $5.99 a pound and you can find a sack for about $160. King says the outlook has definitely improved.
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King says now is the time to visit your favorite crawfish spot because they’re at a good size and prices are reasonable.

A Texas attorney received a 180-day jail sentence for slipping his now estranged wife with abortion inducing medication and the brother of the victim says that’s way to light of a punishment…
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That’s Shreveport Senator Thomas Pressly, who has authored a bill that would punish a person for doing a similar thing in Louisiana for at least

Former New Orleans Representative and the current Assistant to the Commissioner of the Office of Motor Vehicles, Austin Badon, has switched political parties making him one of the state’s newest Black Republicans. When asked if Governor Jeff Landry asked him to join the GOP…
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But Badon says he did text Landry and let me know that he changed parties.

The driving factor to why he chose to leave the Democratic Party, Badon says was the immigration issue at the Texas border.

After decades of delays, major flood projects for the Baton Rouge and New Orleans areas are close to receiving funding from Congress…
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The U-S House is expected to approve this funding this week

Congressman Clay Higgins has announced another 14-million dollars for hurricane Laura recovery efforts. Eight million dollars will go to Jefferson Davis Electric Co-op for permanent repairs to a substation, Jefferson-Davis will get another four million for permanent restoration of their north power distribution system and one million dollars will go towards repairs at College Oaks Elementary School in Lake Charles.

A Texas attorney was sentenced to 180 days in prison for slipping abortion medication to his now estranged wife. Brooke Thorington reports the brother of the victim is calling for stiffer penalties here in Louisiana
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Governor Jeff Landry signed eleven bills into law yesterday that were approved in the crime special session, including legislation that gives the state additional options to carry out an execution and also parole will no longer be an option for most criminals. Landry will have another bill signing ceremony this afternoon in New Orleans.

Baton Rouge Congressman Garret Graves says an appropriations bill that will be voted on later this week contains 575-million dollars for two major flood control projects in southeast Louisiana, one for the Baton Rouge area and the other for the West Shore project that would protect St. John, St. Charles and Saint James parishes from flooding from Lake Pontchartrain…
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Former state representative and current assistant commissioner at the Office of Motor Vehicles, Austin Badon, is the state’s newest Black Republican. Badon says the immigration issue at the Texas border drove him to leave the Democratic Party…
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He says the Republican Party has welcomed him with open arms and he even received a call from Congressman Steve Scalise.

The U-S House is expected to approve later this week an appropriations bill that contains 575 million dollars to finish construction on major flood projects in the Baton Rouge and New Orleans areas. Congressman Garret Graves says this ensures the Comite Project is fully funded and it gets them closer to fully funding the West Shore Project which protects the river parishes from flooding….
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Former state representative and current assistant Commissioner of the Office of Motor Vehicles, Austin Badon, has announced he’s now a Black Republican. Badon says he was a conservative Democrat when serving in state legislature, but he believes the Republican Party better represents his views…
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Badon also says he is a pro-life Catholic.

A freshman state lawmaker wants to make it a crime to livestream illegal activities on social media platforms…
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An officer involved shooting in Lafayette Parish has resulted in the arrest of 30-year-old Michael Brumley of Scott. State Police say Scott Police officers responded to a domestic disturbance on Saturday when they encountered Brumley who was armed with a knife. L-S-P says a Taser gun was not effective against Brumley and a second officer fired his weapon. Brumley was released from the hospital and booked into jail yesterday.

The countdown is on to the regular session which starts next week. Here are a couple bills that will be discussed. Baton Rouge Representative Dixon McMakin wants to make it a crime to live stream illegal activities…
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So if a person live streams a theft, murder, sexual assault, they could be charged with either principal or accessory to a crime.

Shreveport Senator Thomas Pressly has filed the Abortion by Fraud Criminalization Act. Pressly says it’s in response to his sister who was poisoned by her husband with abortion-inducing medication. Mason Herring was sentenced to 180-days in a Texas jail and Pressly wants to make sure Louisiana’s law has stronger penalties…
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Louisiana Right to Life is in support of the legislation.

After decades of delays, major flood projects for the Baton Rouge area and the New Orleans area are close to receiving funding from Congress…
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The U-S House is expected to approve this funding as part of a bill to avoid a federal government shutdown.

In the next hour, Governor Jeff Landry will sign legislation that would allow a non-felon adult to conceal carry a gun without a permit. Brooke Thorington reports there are questions where conceal carry would be legal…
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The St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office says a woman is recovering from her injuries after fatally stabbing a twice convicted sex offender who attacked her at an laundromat near Lacombe on Sunday. The man killed has been identified as 40-year-old Nicholas Tranchant who was on parole.

The Louisiana Workforce Commission is asking businesses to report individuals on unemployment who fail to show up for a job interview or refuse a job offer. L-W-C Secretary Susana Schowen says there are forms on their website that an employer can fill out…
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Schowen says they want to identify unemployment recipients abusing the system.

It’s National Colon Cancer Awareness Month and the American Cancer Society says of all cancer deaths in people under 55, colon cancer is number one for men and two for women. G-I doctor Charles Bergrreen says get a colonoscopy if you’re over 45…
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The Louisiana Workforce Commission has set up a system to report job applicants who fail to show up for job interviews or refuse job offers. LWC Secretary Susana Schowen says this initiative will help identify unemployment recipients who abuse the system..
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Schowen says employers can report a job applicant who no-shows an interview or refuses an offer by filling out a couple of online forms on the L-W-C website.

Governor Jeff Landry will hold a bill signing ceremony for the legislation approved in the crime special session today. One of the bills allows for permitless concealed carry. New Orleans Representative Mandie Landry says some firearm free zones needs to be extended
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Congressman Garret Graves tells WBRZ-TV in Baton Rouge that he plans to run for re-election in the district he currently serves, the sixth district. The new Congressional map approved by lawmakers in January radically changes his district, stretching it from Baton Rouge to Shreveport, but Graves says he’s confident the courts will reject that map

Some say life begins at 50. For St. John Parish Police Juror, Dixie Ramirez, her political life began at 90. Colleen Crain has the story…
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