Governor-elect John Bel Edwards is sworn into office today and Jeff Palermo looks at the obstacles he faces…:
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Edwards will take the oath of office at noon.

This Wednesday night’s Powerball jackpot is worth an estimated $1.3 billion, the largest ever in the world, according to lottery officials. 25 people matched 5 numbers in Saturday’s drawing which carries a prize of $1 million dollars. The next drawing has a cash value of an estimated $806 million.

Republican White House hopeful Ted Cruz is in Louisiana today for a presidential campaign a rally this afternoon in Baton Rouge at the Marriott’s Grand Ballroom. Louisiana’s presidential primary is scheduled March 5.

The Louisiana National Guard has mobilized almost 300 personnel to build protective barriers against approaching flood waters from the Mississippi and Atchafalaya Rivers. Lt. Rebekah Malone says protective levees are being constructed in Krotz Springs in St. Landry Parish and Avoca Island in St. Mary Parish. Malone says 120 guardsmen are in St. Mary to build the levee…
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More than 60 engineers are working to build protective levees in Krotz Springs. Malone says the Guard learned a lot of lessons from the flood of 2011 and are utilizing that knowledge now. She says the protective levee being built on Avoca Island worked very well in the past.