Are you ready for some very cold weather? State climatologist Barry Keim says a significant cold front will move through Louisiana on Thursday
Cut 10 (11) “…our region.”
On Friday morning, temperatures will drop to 11 and 12 degrees across north Louisiana. In south Louisiana, wind chills Thursday night into Friday night will be potentially dangerous with readings in the single digits.

During an end of the year news conference, Governor John Bel Edwards discussed some of the state’s accomplishments. That includes a one-point-five billion dollar budget surplus and a record low unemployment rate of two-point-nine percent…
cut 8 (06) “….two years ago”
In December 2020, the unemployment rate was near seven-percent.

Louisiana Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin bans TikTok on all state department-issued devices. The decision stems from concerns over the data collected when using TikTok and ties to the Chinese Communist Party. Deputy Secretary for Outreach Services, Joel Watson, says several states have banned TikTok use on all state government-issued devices…
cut 5 (07) “…same thing here”

The Louisiana Public Service Commission continues to try and convince Entergy to pick up some of the recovery storm costs instead of having ratepayers pay for 100-percent of the recovery. P-S-C member Foster Campbell is glad the commission is taking another look at this issue…
cut 14 (08) “….paying them”
In February, the P-S-C imposed an average storm surcharge to customers of ten-dollars per month for 15 years and now Entergy is asking for another six-dollars a month.