As expected, the budget news learned Friday was not good. Jeff Palermo reports…:
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Asked who would be paying for his trip to Italy, Governor John Bel Edwards says taxpayers are only covering part of the expenses…:
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Edwards is going to Rome to meet with the pope and also have discussions about the human trafficking epidemic.

The unseasonably warm January continues in Louisiana this weekend. State Climatologist Barry Keim…:
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He says the warmth will continue in the southern part of the state through most of the work week, but thunderstorms and slightly cooler air is going to bring down temperatures in northern parishes by Tuesday.

The entire New Orleans Fair Grounds race track is under a quarantine in an effort to stop the spread of an equine herpes virus. Ag Commissioner Mike Strain…:
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Strain says nine of the two-thousand horses at the track are in isolation.

Nearly 10,000 people from 45 states and 7 countries are in Baton Rouge this weekend for the Louisiana Marathon. Spokesman Danny Bourgeois says this event has become so huge and the feedback from Louisianians there is inspiring…:
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Events spanning three days lead up to the big marathon and half marathon tomorrow morning.