Many schools and all state offices will be closed on Tuesday as an arctic blast gets set to grip the state. LSU Public Health Climatologist Barry Keim says Monday and Tuesday will be very cold days…
There’s a chance we’ll see snow on Tuesday.
The state has moved almost 160 homeless people in New Orleans into a transitional shelter. The plan has drawn concern from a pair of state legislators and from nearby residents, even though there’s a concrete wall separating the neighborhoods from the street where the shelter is located off of. Scott Adams, the chief of staff at GOHSEP, says there is tight security in the area.
Cut 14 (10) “…areas are impacted.”
The shelter will be open through Mardi Gras and later if need be.
To get around the state, Governor Landry has been flying in a five-point-five-million-dollar airplane. WRKF Capitol Access Reporter Brooke Thorington broke the story along with Julie O’ Donoghue from the Louisiana Illuminator. Thorington says they do know the plane is not just for the governor’s travels.
Previous governors used helicopters; but according to State Police, the helicopters were 20 years old and difficult to maintain. The governor’s office says using the plane instead of the helicopters should save the state money.
Landry, meanwhile, issued a proclamation requesting Louisianans join him in flying their U.S. Flag and their Make America Great Again flag on January 20th in honor of the inauguration of Donald Trump. The Louisiana Democratic Party quickly responded by saying flying the MAGA flag at the Governor’s mansion is completely inappropriate and reckless.