Governor-elect Jeff Landry holds a press conference at 10 AM today in Lafayette as he provides new transition updates. Yesterday he announced 14 transition councils and their chairs. Heading up his criminal and public safety council are 18th Judicial District Attorney Tony Clayton and New Orleans attorney and former prosecutor Laura Rodrigue. Political analyst Bernie Pinsonat says Clayton and Rodrigue are on the front-lines in the battle against crime…
Cut 15 (10) “…New Orleans.”

The I-10 Atchafalaya Basin Bridge which connects Acadiana to the Baton Rouge area is 50 years old, and Deidra Druilhet with the department of transportation says constructing the well known bridge was no small feet, due to the remoteness of the structure. She says before the 18-mile bridge could go up, they had to build canals…
Cut 10 (10) “…particular project.”
The bridge also required 174 miles of piling and 170 miles of pre-stressed concrete girders.

A recent Bankrate Survey finds a majority of working Americans support a 4-day work week. Bankrate Analyst Sarah Foster says Gen Z and Millennial workers are willing to sacrifice more to get the shorter week than Gen X and Baby Boomers
Cut 7 (10) “…week off.”
Recent ADP data finds 12-percent of U-S workers say their employer is offering a four-day work.

We flip the calendar to November today which means the hurricane season is basically over for the Gulf Coast. State Climatologist Barry Keim says there’s never been a landfall of a named storm in Louisiana in November. Keim says the weather pattern at this time of year usually directs storms to the east of us…
cut 5 (10) “….damn near close”