The state OMV is warning residents the clock is ticking for you to get a real ID in order to fly commercially in the United States. Marsanne Golsby has more…
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NOAA slightly revised its hurricane forecast for this year. Brooke Thorington has more.
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Democratic U-S Senate candidate Luke Mixon says he remains a pro-life candidate, but if elected as Louisiana’s next U-S Senator he would vote to legalize abortions in federal law. Mixon says the abortions bans that some states have put in are too radical…
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Mixon, along with fellow Democrats Gary Chambers and Syrita Steib are the major Democratic candidates trying to unseat Republican John Kennedy in November.
Louisiana’s abortion ban does not allow for exceptions for rape or incest. The state department of health released a list of medical exceptions that allow for the termination of a pregnancy. They center around the health of the mother and the fetus. But Mixon says doctors are still concerned if they perform an abortion based on one of the exemptions…
Mixon says he’s personally opposed to abortion, but many of the laws to prohibit abortions are too extreme…
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The days of putting off getting a real ID are ending. If you want to fly domestically or even enter federal buildings, you must have a real ID Louisiana driver’s license or ID card, or a current passport by May third, next year. Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles spokesperson Matthew Boudreaux :
Boudreaux says there are several items you need to obtain a REAL ID, a birth certificate or…
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Boudreaux says over the last two months, over 100 thousand Louisianans received a REAL ID driver’s license or identification card, but the public should prepare now for the May 2023 enforcement date
Customers can visit express-lane-dot org to book an appointment at their local OMV field office.
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NOAA has revised its earlier hurricane predictions for the 2022 season. Lead hurricane outlook forecaster Matthew Rosencrans says while conditions still favor an above-average season…
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NOAA expects three to five of those hurricanes will become major storms of category 3 or higher.
90 percent of all Atlantic tropical cyclone activity occurs from August to October, and that’s why Rosencrans says they revise their previous predictions for the season in August.
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He says they can only predict a week before if a storm will most likely make landfall.
Rosencrans says while the tropics have been relatively calm the last few weeks, atmospheric conditions for an above-average season remains in place. And as we enter the peak of hurricane season…
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The Atlantic hurricane season officially ends on November 30th.
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The State Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating the death of a Pineville man who was killed in a house fire Tuesday morning. Office spokesperson Ashely Rodrigue says when the Alpine Fire Department responded to the call, they found a male victim alone in the bathtub.
After an assessment of the scene, she says investigators have determined the fire began in the carport area on the exterior of the home.
And while the exact cause of the blaze remains under investigation, Rodrigue says when it comes to electricity…
Rodrigue also stressed the need for smoke detectors, she says investigators found no working smoke detector in the home.
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