The forecast team at Colorado State University predicts 12 named storms for the 2016 Atlantic Hurricane season. Lead author of the report, Research scientist Phil Klotzbach, says the El Nino is dissipating which is why they are forecasting a more active season than in 2015, but northern Atlantic Ocean temperatures are still cooler than average…:
cut 14 (09) “average hurricane season”

Legislation to prevent the removal of confederate monuments died in a House committee today. The bill would create a statewide board to decide if a monument more than 30 years old should be removed. Shreveport Representative Thomas Carmody says even though the state has a dark history, the only way to have a brighter future is to learn from past mistakes.
cut 10 (07) “the truth”

Carmody’s bill failed on a 7-7 vote.

The Louisiana National Guard at Camp Minden in Webster Parish has successfully burned 88 pounds of M6 Propellant. Col. Pete Schneider says it’ll take about a year to burn all 15 million pounds of the propellant. He says it took 4-thousand engineering design hours to build the chamber, that will burn the explosives.
CUT 7 (10) “done safely”

Camp Minden took control of the M6 in 2012 after the propellant started randomly exploding because it was illegally stored.

Legislation to double the fine for not wearing a seatbelt has been approved by the House. The fines would increase to $50 for a first offense and then to $75 for additional offenses. New Orleans Representative Walt Leger says increasing the fine should drive up the number of motorists who wear a seatbelt.
CUT 3 (07) “on this”