Governor John Bel Edwards says there are now 26 parishes in Louisiana that are declared federal disaster areas, as Allen, Ascension and Calcasieu were added today. He says the meeting with FEMA on the ground today was productive in illustrating just how dire the flooding situation here is…:
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I-10 is closed going into Texas and State Police say motorists should go north onto I-49 in Lafayette, U.S. 165 near Iowa, and U.S. 171 in Lake Charles then west onto U.S. 190 into Texas. Sgt James Anderson says traffic on 190 has been moderate, but it’s flowing well…:
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Edwards encourages residents to apply for federal assistance online at la.louisiana.gov.

A new poll shows residents of The Bayou State aren’t too happy with the way things are going right now. The Public Policy Research Lab found 63% of respondents felt Louisiana is headed in the wrong direction, and that’s the most since they started taking opinions in 2003. Director Michael Henderson there is also a large increase in the number of people who say the state’s business conditions are worse than a year ago…:
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He says despite the complaining, 40 percent of those surveyed say they still like living in Louisiana.