Impeachment moves to the House floor as the Judiciary Committee approves two Articles. Matt Doyle has more.

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After seven years at the reigns of LSU, University President F. King Alexander is stepping down.   Alexander has been selected to be the next president of Oregon State University.  Alexander’s last day is December 31st and will be appointed at Oregon State on July 1, 2020.  The institution has named Dean of the LSU Law Center Thomas Galligan as the interim successor.

Law enforcement agencies are stepping up patrols through New Year’s Day with the Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over campaign.  Louisiana Highway Safety Commission executive director Lisa Freeman says it isn’t just alcohol impairment that is a concern as prescriptions can affect a driver’s motor skills or mental alertness.

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Nationally, 285 people were killed over the holidays in drunk driving-related crashes in 2018.

Equipment to stabilize the partially collapsed Hard Rock Hotel in New Orleans will be arriving next week.  New Orleans Fire Chief Tim McConnell expects demolition crews to be working deep into 2020.

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