Avoyelles Parish was hit with two and a half feet of rain in just 12 hours. Andrew Greenstein reports.
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St. Landry Parish is preparing for flooding as floodwaters make their way into Avoyelles Parish Waterways and head south. Parish government is evaluating possible evacuations for areas expected to experience flooding this weekend. Areas under consideration include LA 71 east to the Atchafalaya River and from the Avoyelles Parish line south toward U.S. 190.
An East Baton Rouge Parish judge granted a temporary restraining order to block Governor Landry’s executive order to reallocate 168-million-dollars in the state’s public school funding formula to provide stipends for teachers. Greg Beuerman, the spokesman for the three plaintiffs who filed a lawsuit against the order, says it’s unconstitutional.
Louisiana came 49th in WalletHub’s ranking of the best states for working dads. The state finished 45th or worse in every metric but the male uninsured rate, in which Louisiana ranked 32nd. Analyst Chip Lupo says that number is being held down due to a large number of areas of high unemployment.