The Louisiana Survey finds 91 percent of Louisiana residents support the concept of equal pay for equal work. Director of the LSU Public Policy Research Lab, Dr. Michael Henderson, says it always raises eyebrows when you see such a large majority falling on one side of an issue. But he says that could change as the issue is debated in the legislative session…:
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The Colorado State hurricane forecast team is calling for a slightly below-average Hurricane Season for 2017. There has been concern with Louisiana’s warm winter that temperatures in the Gulf of Mexico fuel storms. But Lead Researcher Phil Klotzbach says the Gulf always has warm conditions but other factors are needed to carry a storm there.
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The forcast calls for 11 named storms and 4 hurricanes.

A report from the United Way finds 42-percent of households in Louisiana can’t afford basic needs. The report finds households considered Asset Limited Income Constrained Employed, or ALICE, make up at least 25-percent of the population in every parish. President of the Louisiana Association of United ways, Sarah Berthelot, hopes these findings can spark a change.
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The state Department of Natural Resources has given their approval of the Bayou Bridge pipeline project. Critics of the plan have expressed concern the pipeline could create oil leaks in the drinking water. But DNR Spokesperson Patrick Courreges says it poses no threat and the department took a long look at the plans before approving the project.
Cut 8 (07) “recommend approval”

Permission is still needed from the state Department of Environmental Quality and the U.S. Army Corp on Engineers before the pipeline can be built