New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell is touring the state this week in an effort to drum up support for constitutional amendment 4 on the October ballot that she says would create affordable housing in Orleans Parish…
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The measure would exempt properties with no more than 15 residential units from taxes as a way to create more affordable housing units. It’s a constitutional amendment, so that’s why it needs statewide approval.

The job of Insurance Commissioner is also on the October 12th ballot. A poll released this week finds 45-percent of the voters are undecided. Republican Incumbent Jim Donelon is seeking a fourth full term, while GOP challenger Tim Temple has over 20 years of experience in the insurance industry as he seeks his first political office…
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That’s pollster Bernie Pinsonat.

The Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs holds its second annual Suicide Prevention Summit today in Baton Rouge. Brooke Thorington has more.
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Get ready for another hot weekend…
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That’s State Climatologist Barry Keim who says the high-pressure system giving us the hot and mostly dry weather, is keeping a developing storm in the Bahamas from crossing Florida and getting into the Gulf.