Are you hitting the road for the Fourth of July holiday? You are not alone as a record-breaking 47-million Americans are expected to travel…
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Soggy conditions are expected today and into tomorrow as a tropical wave moves across the southern half of Louisiana. State Climatologist Barry Keim says the highest rainfall totals are expected along the coastline.
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Keim says rain chances will also be at least 50-percent this weekend.

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.

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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The original prediction for the 2018 season was 14 named storms and we’ve already had one, Alberto, popped up in the Gulf in May.