Louisiana Radio Network, I’m Jeff Palermo….
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That’s Greg Hilburn, a reporter with the USA Today Network. Hilburn is like many in north Louisiana, hunkered down in his home with no power, but able to stay warm because of his fireplace. According to power-outage-dot-com, more than 120-thousand utility customers are without power, 47-thousand of the outages are in Ouachita Parish. Public Service Commissioner Foster Campbell represents all of north Louisiana. Campbell says the buildup of ice on tree limbs has led to many of the outages…
Entergy says its crews are prepared to work long hours to restore service to customers as safely and quickly as possible.
If it seems like you’re paying up the nose in sales taxes, the Tax Foundation says you’re right.
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Senator Bill Cassidy along with several other Republican members of Congress, has called for an in-depth investigation into federal immigration tactics after the fatal shooting in Minnesota of U.S. citizen, Alex Pretti by a U-S Border Patrol Agent. Cassidy said the events in Minneapolis are “incredibly disturbing” and the credibility of ICE and D.H.S. are at stake.”