The Blue Lives Matter bill has been signed into law by Governor John Bel Edwards, making Louisiana the first state to include police, firefighters and EMS in hate crime legislation. Jeff Palermo has more…:
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We’ll find out today what NOAA predicts for the 2016 hurricane season. State Climatologist Barry Keim says the forecast likely won’t call for an above average season, but The Bayou State should still be prepared…:
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Keim says an average season typically includes around 12 storms.

Governor John Bel Edwards is expected to issue the call for another special session any day now, according to Jeremy Alford, publisher of LaPolitics.com. Edwards has said a second session is needed to raise revenues to address a 600-million dollar budget deficit for next fiscal year. Alford says it’s likely lawmakers will not get a break from the State Capitol…:
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Alford says the special session may only last as long as two and a half weeks.

State Police say impairment is likely a factor in a Gonzales crash that claimed the life of a 57-year-old man. They say Brion Landry of Baton Rouge was riding his motorcycle at 2am, when it ran off the road and ejected he and his passenger. He sustained fatal injuries, the other occupant minor injuries. Troopers believe Landry was impaired.