A new poll by Southern Media and Opinion Research shows 58-percent of Louisianians disapprove of Governor Bobby Jindal’s job performance but 70-percent of Republicans give the governor a positive job rating as he heads into his final year in office. Pollster Bernie Pinsonat says with both houses of the state legislature being controlled by Republicans, he doesn’t see these poll numbers changing the way Jindal will do business in his last year…

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600 likely Louisiana voters were surveyed.

Gas prices are running about 75-cents lower than a year ago as we head into what should be a busy couple of travel weeks this holiday period. Gregg Laskoski, with gas-buddy-dot-com, says says the US Department of Energy is projecting a national average price of $2.60 a gallon for 2015…

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Laskoski says this Christmas gift of lower gas prices is the result of a decline in global crude oil prices.

Experts say this last Saturday before Christmas could be as big a shopping day as Black Friday especially if you’re still looking for TVs, appliances or clothes. LSU Marketing Professor Andrew Kuo says the day after Thanksgiving sales weren’t as high this year as they have been in the past which is another reason stores are expected to be packed tomorrow…

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Kuo says tomorrow you can expect to continue to see excellent apparel sales, discounted appliances, and last minute TV deals.

After a couple of very dry months, some much needed rain will be falling all across the state today. State Climatologist Barry Keim says rainfall amounts with this storm could be anywhere from a half inch up to four inches. Keim says there is the possibility of severe weather depending on the track of the storm…

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Keim says the entire state is teetering right on the edge of drought with everything east of the Atchafalaya Basin experiencing moderate to severe drought conditions.