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By Julie O’Donoghue | Senior Reporter

On this day in 1954, the landmark television program “The Tonight Show” premiered with Steve Allen as host. In the modern era, it’s hosted by Jimmy Fallon.

By Julie O’Donoghue

Louisiana Tech University will spend nearly $2 million in public money to pay its student-athletes this year, while the University of Louisiana at Lafayette will devote $1.5 million to its sports teams.  

By Julie O’Donoghue

As many as 58,000 Louisiana Medicaid recipients might have to take additional steps to meet the new federal work requirements for the program that go into effect in January, according to information from the state health department. 

By Greg LaRose

The governor cited soaring prices for diesel fuel as the reason behind his action. He’s also called on the Trump administration and Congress to halt all diesel exports for 90 days to address the high costs.  

Gov. Jeff Landry confirmed that $20 million in federal funds earmarked for affordable housing across the state will instead go toward fortified roof improvements.

Major companies investing in Louisiana are looking to the state’s community and technical colleges to supply their workforce, and they are also poaching the instructors who teach there, the school system’s leader said this week. 

Democrats and Republicans running for Congress in Louisiana’s 5th District have sharp differences over how to handle the Iran war as well as whether restoring food assistance benefits should be a priority for lawmakers. 

The mistrial in Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial earlier this month places her future in doubt, three years after she killed her three children in Duxbury, Massachusetts. But one potential outcome is a state legislative push to boost mental health support for new mothers. 

New data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture shows more than 330,000 Americans lost access to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, between May and June, the latest numbers available. Advocates are pressuring Congress to reverse the SNAP cuts they say will exacerbate growing hunger across the country as grocery prices continue to soar.

A vast and growing network of artificial intelligence-driven Flock cameras could violate constitutional privacy rights, U.S. senators on a Judiciary Committee subcommittee said this week.

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