It’s a wet day across Louisiana and the rainfall could produce flash flooding in some areas. A flash flood watch is in effect until tomorrow afternoon for much of south Louisiana and Mississippi River Delta parishes. State Climatologist Barry Keim says there is a cold front moving in from the north, interacting with a front draped along the coastline.
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There’s a slight threat for severe weather in southeast Louisiana and we’ve already seen a tornado warning in Lafourche Parish.

Both of Louisiana’s Senators are co-signers to a Senate Resolution that condemns how House Democrats are handling the impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump. Senator John Kennedy says his colleagues in the other chamber are also tired of the closed-door hearings…
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The resolution calls on the House to follow precedent to have a vote to initiate a formal impeachment inquiry and provide the President with due process and allow Republicans to participate fully in impeachment proceedings.

Louisiana residents who have insurance through the Affordable Care Act will see their premiums go up an average of 10-percent in 2020. But Frank Opelka with the Louisiana Department of Insurance says most individual health care market policyholders will not have to pay for the rate increases, because their premiums are subsidized by the feds.
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There are 88-thousand individuals who have Obamacare at one time there was 220-thousand.

Louisiana Congressman Ralph Abraham tells the USA Today Network he may not run for re-election next year. Abraham is serving his third term and says he never planned on serving more than four terms. ULM Political Science Professor Joshua Stockley says if Abraham decides not to run again, the public will still hear from him…
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Abraham says he’ll make his decision known by the end of the year.