After making landfall near Grand Isle yesterday, Cristobal is now a tropical depression near Natchez, Mississippi. Cristobal brought street flooding and high winds to southeast Louisiana. State Climatologist Barry Keim says it goes down as the second earliest named storm to make landfall in Louisiana…
cut 14 (12) “….Atchafalaya Basin”
The special session continues in Baton Rouge this week. River Ridge Senator Kirk Talbot says they need to pass legislation to fix a mistake in the tort reform bill aimed at lowering auto insurance rates, which passed in the regular session. Talbot says the bill has wording that would allow people who suffer minor injuries to collect huge settlements…
cut 4 (09) “..afford”
There’s a strong possibility the governor will veto the tort reform bill anyway.
Today is the first day on the job for Louisiana’s new superintendent of education, Cade Brumley…
Cut 2 (31) “…I’m Kevin Barnhart”