It’s felt more like January instead of November and the chilly weather is not going away anytime soon. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell was combative with a reporter after being questioned about her time spent traveling, and use of a city-owned apartment with an NOPD officer. Brooke Thorington has more.
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Southeastern Louisiana University’s School of nursing has been named the Nursing School of the Year by the Louisiana Nurses Foundation. Ann Carruth is dean of the College of Nursing and Health Sciences.
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This is the fifth year the school has won the award. The competition is evaluated by a panel of out-of-state judges. She says the school has very high passage rates on key nursing skills exams plus innovative teaching programs. They also do their clinical work all over southeastern Louisiana.
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She says they have VIP programs to train veterans as nurses and a telehealth program funded by the US Department of Labor to help improve healthcare access in rural communities.
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If you were hoping Louisiana would get a break from the chilly temps anytime soon, well you’re out of luck. State Climatologist Barry Keim says tonight will be the coldest of the current grip Old Man Winter has on the Bayou State with temps hovering around freezing.
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And the cold hits just keep on coming, Keim says on Friday night into Saturday morning there will be a reinforcing cold front.
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And with some getting a jump on travel this weekend for Thanksgiving, don’t forget to pack your winter coat. Keim says in Louisiana minimum temps will be in the 30s in north Louisiana, and the 40s in the southern part, with highs only reaching into the 50s.
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New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell answered questions Wednesday about issues surrounding her leadership. FOX 8 investigative reporter Lee Zurik questioned if Cantrell’s use of city-owned French Quarter apartment and excessive travel was a detriment to her leadership.
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Zurik has been running a series of reports pertaining to Cantrell’s use of a city-owned apartment and has more than 600 hours of recordings of her entering and leaving the apartment. Cantrell was dismissive of Zurik when he asked a follow-up question.
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Zurik also questioned the Mayor’s priorities for the Crescent City because of the amount of time she spends at the apartment and traveling with a New Orleans police officer assigned to her security detail. Cantrell refused to answer if she thought it was inappropriate.
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The city’s inspector general has also launched an investigation into whether the Mayor has used the apartment for personal use along with the police officer.
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We know that Republican Attorney General Jeff Landry is running for Governor next year, U-S Senators John Kennedy and Bill Cassidy could run as well along with a couple of other statewide elected officials and state lawmakers. Mandeville Representative Richard Nelson says he’s also planning to run…
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Nelson is a supporter of eliminating the state’s income tax and replacing that lost revenue by eliminating or reducing certain tax breaks and expanding the sales tax base. He says if we want to move Louisiana forward get rid of the state income tax….
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Nelson is 36-years-old and he believes that plays to his advantage…
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