The National Weather Service says they’ve received reports of a tornado which passed through Prairieville in Ascension Parish which caused significant damage to a brand new gym. They say a tornado crossed I-10 in the area and another in the southern part of East Baton Rouge Parish and another near the New Orleans Airport in Kenner. Andrew Ansorge is with the National Weather Service in Slidell…:
CUT 7 (07) “moves through”
A tornado watch remains in effect for south/southeast Louisiana until 5pm. Wind advisories are posted throughout the state.

The proposal to raise the state sales tax by one “clean penny” advances today out of the House Ways and Means Committee and heads to the full House. The Chairman of the committee is New Orleans Democrat Representative Neil Abramson…:
CUT 1 (09) “that motion passes”
Governor John Bel Edwards issued a statement following the vote saying by moving this revenue debate forward, Louisiana is one step closer to avoiding catastrophic cuts.

A report out of Tulane University finds that students in Louisiana’s voucher program end up scoring drastically lower math. But President of the Louisiana Federation for Children Ann Duplessis says we have to put the study into context because all of these students were attending failing and under-performing schools…:
CUT 9 (10) “take time”
Co-author of the study Jonathan Mills says after one year in the program, they found a large negative drop in both English and language arts and math scores on the Louisiana State assessment test…:
Cut 11 (09) “effects”

Entergy is reporting that about 3800 customers in southeast Louisiana are without power. Tornadoes have been reported in the area. They say additional crews are on standby to get power restored as soon as possible.