The U-S House has approved a spending bill that contains billions of dollars in disaster relief aid. Money that Louisiana would like to use to help 2020 storm victims rebuild their homes. But the legislation would also increase the debt ceiling and Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy says Republican Senators will not go for that…
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Louisiana’s junior U-s Senator John Kennedy says he’ll vote for the legislation because he says Louisiana needs the assistance.

Just in time for the first day of fall, a cold front has moved through that will lower our temperatures and humidity….
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That’s State Climatologist Barry Keim who says temperatures will struggle to get into the 80s today.

Entergy is asking the Public Service Commission to approve a five-dollar monthly surcharge for repair work from the 2020 hurricane season and February winter storms. Brooke Thorington has more.
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The Louisiana Workforce Commission has learned two companies in southeast Louisiana plan to lay off workers in November. Custom steel pipe manufacturer, Stupp Corporation, is laying off more than 45 employees at its manufacturing facility in Baton Rouge and Railserve is closing its plant in Hahnville, which will result in the loss of 66 jobs.