The National Weather Service has issued a tornado watch for south central and southeast Louisiana until five o’ clock today. The watch box came as a result of a strong line of storms, associated with a cold front. Andrew Ansorge with the National Weather Service in Slidell says these strong thunderstorms have the potential to produce lightning and hail…
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Entergy is reporting thousands of people are without power due to high winds.
The House Ways and Means Committee sent multiple tax bills to the House floor today. But the panel used a procedural move to advance the tax hikes without voting “yes or “no.” Louisiana Association of Business and Industry President Stephen Waguespack says the committee basically kicked these revenue-generating pieces of legislation to the House floor
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State lawmakers are discussing wether or not to file a proposed constitutional amendment in the special session that would give Louisiana residents a chance to vote on legalizing recreational marijuana so the state would have the ability to tax it. Jesse McCormick is the head of the Louisiana Cannabis Association…
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But so far nothing has been filed in this special session related to legalizing marijuana.

A report from Tulane University finds that students in Louisiana’s voucher program are scoring drastically lower in math. President of the Louisiana Federation for Children Ann Duplessis says reports like this help show the program where it needs to improve…
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Co-author of the study Jonathan Mills says after one year in the program, they found a large drop in both English and math scores.