The PowerBall jackpot reaches the highest mark for a lottery prize in US history at $700 million dollars. Michelle Southern reports…

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President Barack Obama is coming to Baton Rouge. The White House announced that the president will visit the Capital City Thursday, January 14th. The announcement states that President Obama will focus on state gains in the past seven years, including a drop in the unemployment rate and new aid for Louisiana’s early childhood education programs. This will be the 10th time the president has visited Louisiana and his first trip to Baton Rouge.

Bobby Jindal will officially step down as governor on Monday as Governor-elect John Bel Edwards is sworn in. U-L-Lafayette Political Science Professor Pearson Cross says Jindal came into office with the promise of making Louisiana a better state. He says the governor tried to put Louisiana government on smaller footing…

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Cross says budget problems led to deep cuts to higher education during Jindal’s two terms, which is how many will remember him.

The red snapper fishing season opens today and the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries has extended the limit from three to nine miles offshore for recreational fishing. Assistant Secretary Randy Pausina says the department worked hard to change those rules with the help of anglers who recorded how much red snapper they caught…

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Pausina says they were able to prove that a longer red snapper season will not hurt the population.