The special session to address the state’s 940-million budget deficit for this fiscal year has finally come to a close. Lawmakers have been working for several weeks on a combination of budget cuts and revenue raising measures. Jeff Palermo reports from the Capitol…
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Cleco has asked state regulators for another hearing on the utility company’s proposed sale to a foreign investment group for almost $5 billion. Public Service Commission chairman Clyde Holloway says he is not in favor of another hearing.
Cleco’s attorney says the commission’s vote was flawed because it wrongly decided on the merits of the transaction. Holloway says the commission and an administrative law judge has already heard enough testimony from the company.
Numerous homes in north Louisiana are under water as the result of a colossal storm that has dumped nearly a foot of rain. Bill Davis, with the Bossier Parish Sheriff’s Office, says as flood waters rose during the night, they began evacuating people….
Ouachita parish is also getting hit hard by the storm. Glenn Springfield with the Ouachita Parish Sheriff’s Office says evacuations have been underway throughout the parish since last night.