If you’re a Netflix subscriber, prepare to pay a little more per month. Andrew Greenstein explains.
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Details are out on men’s basketball coach Will Wade’s new seven-year contract with LSU. Andre Champagne has the story…
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If you’re a Netflix subscriber, be prepared to fork over a little more money. The premium and standard plans each increase by two dollars a month to $26.99 and $19.99 respectively, while the ad-supported plan goes up a dollar to $8.99. Haggai Davis, the host of the TechGumbo radio show and podcast, says the biggest reason is that Netflix is now starting to show live sports.
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Davis says this likely will not be the last price increase for Netflix in the near term.
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Davis says even though this is the second price increase in less than two years, Netflix does not expect to lose too many subscribers as a result.
The increased prices are in effect immediately for new subscribers, and they will roll out over time for existing subscribers.
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The second-seeded LSU women’s basketball team will look to punch its ticket to a fourth consecutive Elite Eight tonight as they face third-seeded Duke at 9 p.m. in Sacramento. In LSU’s 93-77 win over Duke earlier this season, the Tigers had three post players score in double figures. LSU holds a size advantage over Duke and coach Kim Mulkey says the game plan to win the battle in the paint is simple.
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The Lady Tigers, who boast the nation’s top scoring offense, are averaging 108.5 points per game in the postseason. Mulkey credits her team’s depth for its high-scoring success this season.
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If LSU wins tonight, it will take on either top-seeded UCLA or fourth-seeded Minnesota on Sunday at 2 p.m.
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The Senate Health and Welfare Committee approves legislation to create the Office of Health and Nutrition within the Louisiana Department of Health. Covington Senator Patrick McMath says the state needs a single office to coordinate programs that could get Louisiana residents eating better and exercising more…
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McMath says the new state nutrition office would not be an additional cost, but it could help lower health care costs in the future as Louisiana has some of the highest rates of chronic disease in the country…
The Senate Health and Welfare Committee advanced the bill to the Senate floor without objection. McMath has pushed several pieces of legislation aimed at making Louisiana healthier…
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We are 50 days away from the May 16th party primary election. The U-S Senate Republican Primary is getting the most attention, but the 5th District Congressional Republican primary is also very competitive. Radio talk show host Moon Griffon says it’s hard to judge who is the front-runner to replace Julia Letlow…
Board of Regents Chairperson Misti Cordell, state representative Michael Echols, state senator Rick Edmonds and state senator Blake Miguez are the main candidates in the fifth district republican primary. Griffon says none of the candidates have been able to distinguish themselves from the others…
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Pollster Greg Rigamer conducted a survey last month on the primary race and it was a virtual tie between the four candidates, all polling in the single digits.
Griffon is curious to see what kind of turnout we’ll see in May and in the June primary runoff. He says voters are not used to big elections in the spring and it’s a busy time of the year…