Today is the last day of the 2026 legislative session. Andrew Greenstein reports.
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Tragedy in Monroe over the weekend as two female juveniles drowned in the Ouachita River. West Monroe Police say they got the 911 call just before six last night. Dive Teams from Monroe PD and the Ouachita Sheriff’s Office responded to assist in the search. We’re told the bodies of both girls were recovered by less than two hours later.
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The start of June in Louisiana doesn’t just mean the beginning of summer; it’s also the start of hurricane season. LSU Health Climatologist Barry Keim says this year’s season has been forecasted to be below average, with a predicted total of eight to 14 named storms, thanks to El Niño conditions.
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Registration for a new round of fortified roof grants opens today in Louisiana . This round of funding will be for three-thousand roofs, and Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple says history has shown that the number of people registering for the lottery will exceed that number several times over.
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Registration begins this morning at eight…and the three-thousand people who receive those grants will be selected at random on June 22nd.