In DC this morning the Senate Banking Committee will hear testimony on how increased flood insurance rates are crippling Louisiana property owners. Brooke Thorington has more.
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Be prepared for another round of heavy rainfall today, especially for central and south Louisiana. A strong line of storms is moving across the state this morning. It’s already hit Lake Charles, Alexandria is getting it now and Lafayette could experience flooding rains between 8 and 9 AM this morning.

According to Lending-tree dot-com, Louisiana ranks second in the country for the percentage of households owned and occupied by single women. It’s at 15-percent. Charlotte Guidroz, a loan officer with Assurance Financial, says the reasons Louisiana ranks so high is not clear, but she sees a lot of motivated single mothers…
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The ninth ranked LSU Lady Tigers will be highly motivated tonight to take down top ranked South Carolina in a big time matchup in women’s basketball. The Gamecocks are undefeated and LSU Coach Kim Mulkey says no one has found the formula to beat them…
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Tip off from the Maravich Center is at 7 PM.