Hurricane Zeta is getting stronger as it races towards the southeastern coast of Louisiana. Its maximum sustained winds are at 90 miles per hour and the latest advisory from the National Hurricane Center says Zeta could make landfall near Terrebonne and Lafourche Parishes as a Category Two storm. That means maximum sustained winds near 100-miles per hour near the eyewall. Governor John Bel Edwards…
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New Orleans, Slidell, along with Plaquemines, St. Bernard, Jefferson, Lafourche, and Terrebonne parishes could see peak winds between 70 to 100 miles per hour. Entergy spokesperson Brandon Scadigli says they are ready for anticipated outages…
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Scadigli says repairs requiring the use of bucket trucks, cannot be safely completed when winds exceed 30 miles per hour.

President Trump is set to cruise to another easy win in Louisiana according to a new UNO poll. Matt Doyle has the story.
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Governor Edwards has vetoed a bill supported by Republican legislators that would have given lawmakers more authority over the governor’s emergency orders. The governor wrote in his veto letter that the bill allows for legislators to cast votes on life or death decisions from their homes via text message, which he says doesn’t represent a serious approach to responding to a public health emergency.