President Barack Obama speaks at McKinley High School in Baton Rouge this morning. The visit is part of the President’s annual trip to various cities after he gives the State of the Union Address. New Orleans Congressman Cedric Richmond says he wasn’t surprised when President Obama chose to visit Louisiana in his final year of office…

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The president will also take part in a Twitter Q&A today beginning at around 11:30AM.

Governor John Bel Edwards is confident the state’s levee system will contain rising Mississippi River waters. He says lessons learned during the Great Flood of 2011 are really paying off now. Edwards says important that we take lessons from this flood event and use them to aid future events…

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He also praised the work of the US Army Corps of Engineers and the Louisiana National Guard in keeping the flood threat at bay.

Louisiana is the worst state in the US according to Politico Magazine. Jeff Palermo has more on why we fell to the bottom…

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As of January 9th, nearly 194,000 Louisianians have purchased health insurance through the Affordable Care Act. That’s an increase of approximately 7,000 from last year’s total. Consumers needing health insurance through the federal insurance marketplace have until tomorrow to obtain coverage that begins February 1st. Open enrollment ends on January 31st.