The special session is coming back to life tomorrow, as lawmakers are convening Sunday to hear a series of tax and Medicaid proposals. Matt Doyle has the story.
A Baton Rouge Federal judge has closed the valve on construction of the Bayou ridge crude oil pipeline through the Atchafalaya Basin. The lawsuit was at the behest of environmental groups opposed to the project. U.S. District Court Judge Shelly Dick issued the order yesterday halting all work on the pipeline until quote…”the issue can be tried on it’s merits.”
The governor’s office of homeland security has activated its crisis action team due to the on-going threat of severe weather in some portions of the northern part of the state. The warning was issued in large part due to high river levels caused by heavy rain in the region.
There is a risk for severe weather today over most of the state. Forecaster davyon hill with the national weather service in Shreveport says warm and unstable air could collide with a cooler air mass to cause some grief
Cut 12 : some tornadoes.”
Again most of the state should see some rain but the worst of it will be in the northern part of the state.
Police arrested two people they say were involved in a shooting on the Southeastern Louisiana university campus. Spokesperson Tonya Lowentritt said the incident likely involved both students and non-students, but police are still working to determine who was at the scene.