The National Hurricane Center says the models still show Hurricane Irma shifting east and staying away from Louisiana, as the eye of the Category 5 storm is closing in on the Virgin Islands. Meteorologist David Zelinsky says the 5 day cone of probability currently shows Irma impacting Florida…

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With the region facing one natural disaster after another, Governor Edwards wants to end a provision that excludes disaster victims who applied for loans from the recovery grant program. His spokesperson Richard Carbo says FEMA almost insists that homeowners get an SBA loan but they don’t telling them what that means down the road.

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The TOPS Task Force met for the first time today to discuss the future of the scholarship program. Michelle Southern has more…

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Tomorrow the Louisiana Board of Ethics decides the fate of Thibodaux Representative Dee Richard, who gambled $37-thousand in campaign funds between 2012 and 2015. He says he was never a gambler before he started taking medication for Parkinson’s, and the drug was later linked to gambling addiction. He says he’s prepared to pay back the money, but he’d like to finish out the remaining two years of his last term.