On Capitol Hill, a House-approved funding bill is headed to the Senate that contains 28-billion dollars in disaster relief money for states like Louisiana, but the measure also raises the debt ceiling. Dave Brannen has more from Senator Bill Cassidy
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DCFS says since Monday they’ve received 11-thousand calls from residents who are applying for disaster food stamps. There’s an alphabet system for when people in certain parishes should apply, but officials say some folks are calling on the wrong day. The DCFS website has the schedule.

Entergy representatives have told state lawmakers that utility customers can expect to see additional fees to help pay for all of the damage done to their power system during the last two hurricane seasons. Thibodaux Representative Bryan Fontenot suggests the utility provider dedicate a portion of their $700 million annual profits to an escrow account to pay for catastrophic repairs. He also questioned Entergy representatives about their preventative maintenance of utility poles and equipment.
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Entergy says they do replace poles and other infrastructure as it ages.

Summer’s gone and fall is here and as State Climatologist Barry Keim tells us temperatures are falling right in line with the first day of fall…
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Keim says humidity levels will rise again over the weekend.