Good news for the Gulf South, experts have lowered this year’s hurricane season projections. Matt Doyle has the story.
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It was a messy commute for motorists in metro New Orleans as a result of heavy rain that flooded streets and knocked out power in uptown New Orleans. Rain is likely to fall across the state today as a tropical wave moves east to west. The good news, high temperatures only in the 80s.

The Edwards administration says the budget compromise reached in the last special session has resulted in an upgrade in Louisiana’s credit rating. Commissioner of Administration Jay Dardenne says Moody’s Investors Service has raised the state’s credit outlook from negative to stable…
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State Treasurer John Schroder says now that the fiscal cliff was solved on the revenue side, it’s time to work on the spending side of the problem.

State Fire Marshal Butch Browning says if you plan lighting fireworks over the next two nights to purchase fireworks from retail stands that have been inspected and permitted by his office. And Browning says when celebrating, be prepared to extinguish embers that may still be burning after the fireworks have been ignited….
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And Browning says after displays, never pick up fireworks that may be left over.