Louisiana is facing a $171 million dollar revenue shortfall and the Jindal Administration is announcing mid-year budget cuts today. Michelle Southern reports…

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One person is dead and three injured after an oil platform explosion less than 20 miles off the Louisiana coast. The explosion happened on Fieldwood Energy’s Echo Platform which was not in production at the time of the explosion, according to the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement. The identity of the deceased has not been released. The injured are being treated at an offshore medical facility and all other personnel have been accounted for.

A new survey on the US-Senate runoff shows incumbent Democratic Senator Mary Landrieu with 41% of the vote and Congressman Bill Cassidy with 56%. The Rasmussen poll also found that only 76% of registered Democrats in Louisiana would vote for Landrieu. UL-Lafayette Political Science Professor Pearson Cross says it’s not good that the incumbent isn’t even getting good numbers from her own party…

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Early voting for the December 6th runoff election begins tomorrow.

President Barack Obama’s plans for immigration reform are leaving many people saying more needs to be done. Local business consultant Randy Hayden says fixing the nation’s current worker visa program could help…

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He says making more working visas available could help with the state’s worker shortage.