Drivers are finding it tough to get to where they need to be this morning. Kelley Ray has more on this extended winter weather.
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A UNO poll shows President Donald Trump would handily beat Oprah Winfrey in a hypothetical Louisiana general election. Matt Doyle has more…
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Roads are iced and schools are closed, but many workers are still being called in to their jobs. Jeff Palermo talked to an attorney about whether or not your employer has the legal right to fire you for not coming in…
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A statewide poll by UNO shows President Donald Trump beating Oprah Winfrey by double digits in a hypothetical general election matchup. Trump gathered 60 percent of support in the poll of 722 Louisiana voters, with the results slip sharply along racial and gender lines. Pollster Ed Chervenak says part of the reason is the president’s high approval rating in the bayou…
Trump’s approval rating is about 40 percent nationwide.
White men and women had nearly identical levels of support for trump, but Chervenak says the numbers were different among black voters…
36 percent of black voters supported Trump over Winfrey in the poll. Chervenak says it’s because of the state’s conservative bent…
Nationwide eight percent of blacks supported Trump in 2016.
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Iced roads and closed schools have many workers asking if they have to go to their jobs today. Baton Rouge Attorney Yigal Bander says if your boss threatens you with a pink slip for skipping out, you don’t have many legal options…
Louisiana, like most states, is employment at will. Bander says outside of gender, race, religion, and other protected areas, this means your employment status is wholly up to your boss…
Bander says if you have a legal disability, and are fired today for not attending, you may have a legal recourse…
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Public Service Commissioner Foster Campbell says taxpayers could save millions, if electric companies and cities convert to new energy efficient environmentally friendly streetlights. Campbell is proposing that the PSC conduct a comprehensive review of streetlight technology and how cities can save money by changing over. He says 40 percent of Shreveport’s electric bill is for their 35,000 street lights…
Campbell points out the lights are environmentally friendly and has other benefits. Cities and towns would have more control over the equipment to help conserve energy…
Cities and towns have expressed concern over the cost of the changeover, saying they don’t have enough capital at the outset to change over to the new technology. Campbell says if the PSC approves this study, those cities will get the help they need…
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Some of the coldest temperatures Louisiana has seen so far are being observed this morning. Some areas are reporting near single digit temperatures while coastal areas are not warmer than the 20’s to start the day off. Lake Charles National Weather Service forecaster Robert Megnia (meg-knee-a) says the entire state is waking up to a chilly morning…
Megnia says after bottoming out this morning, temperatures will slowly rebound across the state over the next 48 hours…
Meanwhile, if you’re heading out to work this morning, allow for plenty of extra time. DOTD’s Rodney Mallet says if a road is deemed unsafe, you might find your normal route to work may be closed…
Mallet says even when temperatures above freezing later today, it doesn’t mean the slippery conditions go away immediately…
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Drew Brees’s contract is a huge question mark for the Saints this offseason. The quarterback turned 39 on Monday, and is a free agent in March. Brees and the Saints front office have been coy so far about contract negotiations, but Brees says he hopes to have a deal before the free agent deadline. The quarterback says this young, talented group is a great incentive to stick around with his favorite team…
Brees says he intends to end his career in black and gold, and doesn’t want to play anywhere else. He said part of that is because head coach Sean Payton took a chance on him in 2006 when others wouldn’t…
After the best campaign in years was cut tragically short by Stephon Diggs, Drew took a moment to reflect on the season…
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