⛳️ There's a clear winner in the local race to open a golf entertainment complex: Five O Fore is now open, while Topgolf has yet to start construction downtown. (The Times-Picayune 🔒)
🔬 The state's crime lab is close to clearing its thousands-long backlog of forensics evidence, including sexual assault kits. Less than 90 remain for testing. (Gambit)
❌ FEMA canceled more than $700M in Louisiana projects that would have raised homes and built levees to protect against future flooding. (WWL)
🧑⚖️ Unless the Trump administration can provide evidence to back up its deportation request for Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil, a federal judge in Louisiana says she'll throw the case out tomorrow. (AP)
