A report from United Way finds 42 percent of Louisiana households cannot afford basic necessities. Halen Doughty has more…:
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In the extended range outlook of Atlantic Seasonal tropical activity, the Colorado State University Forecast team anticipates the 2017 Hurricane season will have slightly below-average activity. They forecast this year there will be 4 hurricanes, 2 of them major, and 11 named storms. They say the probability of US major hurricane landfall is estimated to be about 80 percent of the long-period average.

The Louisiana Survey finds 91 percent of Louisiana residents support the concept of equal pay for equal work. Director of the LSU Public Policy Research Lab, Dr. Michael Henderson, says it always raises eyebrows when you see such a large majority falling on one side of an issue. But he says that could change as the issue is debated in the legislative session…:
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Bills requiring men and women to be paid the same wage for the same job have been filed.

The National Weather Service says at least 17 tornadoes touched down in Louisiana during the Sunday/Monday severe weather event.