President Barack Obama announces the federal government will pay for a larger share of the costs associated with the devastated flood. That means the feds will pay 90-percent of the costs to repair damaged public buildings and roads, plus the emergency response to the flood, while state and local governments will pay pay 10-percent.

Louisiana Strawberry farmers are once again dealing with the aftermath of a devastating flood. Jeff Palermo has more…
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The Department of Transportation announces upgrades to their 511 travel information system. Rodney Mallett with DOTD says motorists can now get personalized traffic updates by creating an account at 511LA.org and the system can alert of any traffic disruptions…:
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A statement from the New Orleans Police Department says a man charged with a hate crime under the Blue Lives Matter Law was incorrectly applied. 28-year-old Raul Delatoba was charged with the crime after allegedly using sexist and racist slurs against police officers. Marjorie Esman, with the Louisiana ACLU, is glad the N-O-P-D realized they can’t arrest someone for offensive comments…
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