Congressman Bill Cassidy is back in Washington today to start getting ready for his new role on the Senate side. Cassidy, who ran a campaign on the promise of getting to Washington and fighting the policies of President Obama, says the first thing they plan to tackle piece by piece is the Affordable Care Act…:
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Cassidy has a meeting scheduled with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and it’s expected the talk of committee assignments will come.

After Sunday’s beat down by the Carolina Panthers, it appears that New Orleans Saints Head Coach Sean Payton has put his players on notice. Payton says it’s the players’ job to show up with the intensity needed to win games…:
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The Saints have lost four of their last five games heading into a Monday night match-up in Chicago.

A tragic story out of St. Landry Parish where a father died after running into a burning house to rescue his 10-year-old son. Eric Gill has more…:
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State Police have identified the teen who died in the Ascension Parish head-on crash this morning as 15-year-old Claire Carline. They say three sisters were traveling to Dutchtown High School this morning when a car going the wrong way on the road in Gonzlaes crashed into the girls vehicle. 4 others were injured. The crash remains under investigation.