The center of Tropical Storm Claudette has moved 75 miles north-northeast of New Orleans. Claudette’s heavy rain bands have led to flooding in Slidell. The National Weather Service says Slidell received more than ten inches of rain overnight, which resulted in several homes taking on water and high water rescue operations. St. Tammany Parish government says some roadways and neighborhoods are still experiencing high water.

Today is Juneteenth and it’s now a state holiday thanks to legislation passed this year….
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Real Reform Louisiana delivered tiki torches to the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry’s office in Baton Rouge because auto insurance rates have yet to decline as a result of the tort reform legislation approved last year. Real Reform Louisiana’s executive director Eric Holl says rates have actually gone up
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So why tiki torches? Holl says LABI President Stephen Waguespack told radio talk show host, Erin McCarthy of KEEL Radio, in Shreveport that he would grab a tiki torch and go to the Capitol if rates did not go down as a result of legislation that changed the way civil courts handle car crash cases

Saints Coach Sean Payton got married last night to Skylene Montgomery in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico after a 20-month engagement. The two got engaged in November of 2019.