A new Southern Media and Opinion Research poll shows likely voters in Louisiana don’t know how the legislature should fill a $1.4 billion dollar budget hole next year. Pollster Bernie Pinsonat says we keep having these recurring deficits so he predicts lawmakers will do what they’ve done every year which is nothing…

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He says the numbers show people don’t want to see any more cuts to higher education, but they also don’t want taxes raised.

Louisiana State Police now has more than 100,000 followers on their Facebook page heading into 2015. Superintendent Col Mike Edmonson is very grateful so many people have jumped on board and shared important information with their other friends…

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The site is Facebook.com/LousianaStatePolice.

In terms of weather, 2014 will go down as the year of the polar vortex. State Climatologist Barry Keim says those frosty episodes included freezing rain, sleet and some snow which lead to the closure of many roads and bridges and even I-10 and I-12…

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He says another inception of the polar front came in the form of five summer cold fronts bringing in relief to blistering hot days.

You’ll see an increase of deer on roadways this time of year and state officials are urging motorists to use extreme caution to avoid deer collisions. State Farm spokesman Gary Stephenson says the most active times for deer movement are early morning and early evening…

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He says these are the most dangerous months in terms of deer-auto collisions because the animals are very active searching for food and a mate.