Conditions continue to look favorable for an outbreak of severe weather to move through the state late tonight into early tomorrow morning. Robert Ricks, Lead Forecaster with the National Weather Service in Slidell, says there’s a strong upper level disturbance moving into Louisiana from Texas which should hit us hard this evening…:
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He says rainfall is expected to be between 1 to 3 inches but coastal parishes could get as much as 5 inches in a 12-18 hour period.

State Representative Marcus Hunter says he’s asking the Secretary of State’s office to extend the December 6th runoff early voting period which began today. The Democratic West Monroe lawmaker is upset the 7-day early voting is reduced to five days this time because the voting precincts are closed for the Thursday and Friday state holidays. Hunter says he plans to take the matter to court next week.

The Click It or Ticket campaign begins today ahead of the Thanksgiving Holiday. The Louisiana Highway Safety commission says buckling up saves lives…:
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The Jindal Administration said Friday morning that Louisiana will eliminate 167 un-used positions as part of the mid-year budget cut plan to fill the $171 million dollar shortfall. They say that will save about $12 million and there was about $130 million in additional unspent revenues they found and they also plan to reduce spending by $50 million.