According to New Orleans officials, the nearly 10 inches of rain that fell in the Crescent City on Saturday was way more than what the city’s 24 pump stations can handle. Executive Director of the Sewerage and Water Board Cedric Grant says they’ve estimated they should be spending $30 million a year on catch basin and subsurface drainage, but there’s not enough funding to make the necessary improvements.
Cut 10 (06) “and repair”

Small business owners impacted by the 2016 floods are not completing the flood recovery survey as quickly as state officials had hoped. Economic Development Manager Lasonta Davenport with the Office of Community Development says they’re asking small business owners to complete the survey so they can assess the needs in the state.
Cut 12 (09) “loan program”

Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser says the coming of the inaugural Flambeau Fest in Ascension Parish, whose lineup was announced today, is another example of how tourism in Louisiana is alive and well.
Cut 2 (31) “I’m Michelle Southern”

LSU will give some members of the faculty and staff a raise in the fall semester. The school is giving each department a 3-percent merit pay raise pool and each department head will determine how the raises will dispersed. University President F. King Alexander said in a letter that this is an effort to keep and attract quality talent to LSU.