Attorney General Jeff Landry announces plans to run for re-election, ending his flirtation with the 2019 governor’s race….
Cut 1 (30) “I’m Matt Doyle”

Congressman Steve Scalise will be House Minority Whip for the 116th Congress after winning in a unanimous vote. UL Lafayette Poli Sci Professor Pearson Cross says as the current Majority Whip, it’s a role Scalise is very familiar with.
Cut 7 (08) “…delegation”

The U-S Bureau of Economic Analysis says Louisiana’s real gross domestic product rose 4-point-3 percent in the second quarter. That’s 12th highest in the nation. LSU Economist Doctor Loren Scott says its good news, even for the oil industry…
cut 15 (08) “…growth there”
The gross domestic product measures the market value of goods and services produced and it’s used to judge how a state’s economy is performing.

We are seeing temperatures in the mid-to-upper 20s this morning for the northern half of the state. We are around the freezing mark in south Louisiana, but we’ll see high temperatures return to the 50s today.