The Wall Street rating firm, Moody’s Investors Service, has revised the state’s financial outlook from negative to stable. Commissioner of Administration Jay Dardenne says the legislature approving a 4.45 percent sales tax rate until 2025 provided the state with long-term financial stability…
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Dardenne says Moody’s improved credit outlook is validation of the governor’s financial policy.

The long range hurricane forecast experts at Colorado State are predicting a below average 2018 hurricane season now. Doctor Phil Klotzbach says they project just 10 named storms, four hurricanes and one major hurricane, but he says we shouldn’t let our guard down…
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Heavy rain is moving through metro New Orleans this morning.

Are you hitting the road today for the Fourth of July holiday? You are not the only one as a record-breaking 47-million Americans are expected to travel 50 miles or more…
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A reported 13 teenagers have now escaped this year from the Swanson Center for Youth in Monroe. The latest escape attempt occurred around midnight on Monday as three teens got out. One of the them was captured in Monroe, the other two stole a state pickup truck and were caught in LaSalle Parish on Monday morning. One prison guard was injured, but was released from the hospital.