What are the state’s chances of prevailing in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in defense of the Ten Commandments law? Andrew Greenstein reports, not that good.

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Governor Jeff Landry is back in our nation’s capital to attend Washington Mardi Gras events. Landry was also in D-C last weekend for pre-inauguration festivities and planned to stay in Washington for the entire week, but the winter storm forced him to return to Louisiana for a few days.

State Police say a Hammond woman died a day after the snowstorm when she crashed head-on into a pickup truck driven by a Mississippi man who was allegedly impaired. Trooper Marc Gremillion says the two-vehicle crash occurred on Louisiana Highway 22 in Ponchatoula and 65-year-old Peggy Williams did not survive…

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Kody Lacour of Picayune, Mississippi, has been charged with First Offense DWI.

This week’s winter storm gave us icy roads, busted water pipes and cabin fever, but we didn’t see a lot of power outages. The peak outage total for Entergy Louisiana was 65-hundred. Vice president of reliability at Entergy, Jason Willis, says they had extra personnel on hand, more than 27-hundred to be specific…

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The 5^th U-S Circuit Court of Appeals heard the state’s appeal yesterday of a federal judge’s ruling that the state’s new law requiring the Ten Commandments be displayed in every public-school classroom is unconstitutional. The state maintains the Ten Commandments are the foundation of our laws. Civil liberty groups say it’s a blatant attempt at pushing Christianity in public schools, citing the debate by Republican lawmakers in the session in which House Bill 71 passed. Loyola University Law Professor Dane Ciolino says that context will come into play if the Supreme Court hears this case…

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Former LSU star and now Washington Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels is preparing to take on the Philadelphia Eagles in Sunday’s NFC Championship game…

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A win and Daniels returns to Louisiana to play in Super Bowl 59 on February 9^th.

Entergy Louisiana says extensive preparation helped reduce power outages during this week’s historic winter storm. Entergy Louisiana experienced a peak outage of 65-hundred customers and Entergy New Orleans had at one point a high of 24-hundred customers without power. Jason Willis, vice president of reliability at Entergy says they received some help in their planning….

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The Bossier Parish Sheriff’s Office is set to appear in season two of the television series “Police 24/7” on the CW. While the specific episodes featuring BSO haven’t been confirmed, Lieutenant Neil Johnston says the public will get the opportunity to see what deputies deal with every day.

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Johnston says the show focuses on the dedication, bravery, and humanity of the men and women who serve and protect their communities daily.

What are the state’s chances of prevailing in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in defense of the Ten Commandments law? Andrew Greenstein reports, not that good.

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Shreveport Police have identified a possible suspect in Wednesday’s fatal shooting of a pharmaceutical rep in the parking lot of a Walgreen’s. They are asking for the public’s help in locating Larry Lewis, who is considered armed and dangerous. The victim has been identified as 67-year-old Billy Jamison, a father of four and the sole caretaker of his own father in his 90s.

Bill Cassidy’s re-election campaign has announced Louisiana’s Senior U-S Senator raised another one-million dollars in the fourth quarter of 2024 and now has more than six-point-five million dollars on hand. Political analyst Bernie Pinsonat says the goal for Cassidy is ten-million dollars…

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Cassidy already has one challenger for the 2026 Senate race. Former Congressman and current Louisiana State Treasurer John Fleming.

This week’s winter storm gave us icy roads, busted water pipes and cabin fever, but we didn’t see a lot of power outages. The peak outage total for Entergy Louisiana was 65-hundred. Vice president of reliability at Entergy, Jason Willis, says they had extra personnel on hand, more than 27-hundred to be specific…

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Still have major road closures. I-10 and I-55 in the New Orleans area, along with U-S 90 in Lafourche and Terrebonne parishes.

Much of Louisiana is getting back to normal after this week’s historic snowstorm. Entergy says it’s preplanning helped keep down the number of power outages…

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South Louisiana’s water systems had trouble in the cold, snow and ice. There are several boil water advisories posted because of low pressure or broken pipes. Still have some roads closed, mainly in the New Orleans area. The Lake Pontchartrain Causeway is expected to reopen at 9 AM today.

The Fifth U-S Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments yesterday over a controversial new state law that requires public schools to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom. Louisiana Solicitor General Ben Aguinaga (ah-gheen-YAH-ga) says the Ten Commandments are part of state and national history, culture and tradition…

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The ACLU and other civil liberty groups are  among the plaintiffs and their attorney Jonathan Youngwood says the law promotes Christianity in public schools…

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Loyola University Law Professor Dane Ciolino expects the federal appeals court to declare the law unconstitutional. The state would then appeal to the U-S Supreme Court. Ciolino says the state is hoping the nation’s highest court will look at its 1980 decision that said such displays were unconstitutional…

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The temperature has climbed above freezing and progress will be made in re-opening major sections of Louisiana’s interstate system. State Transportation Secretary Joe Donahue…

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Work has been taking place around the clock to reopen the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway. Boh Brothers is helping to remove the snow, which was much as two feet deep on the northern third of both bridges.

Washington D-C Mardi Gras business meetings and social gatherings begin today in our nation’s capital. Jeremy Alford, the publisher of LaPolitcs-dot-com, says this year’s event is getting off to a topsy-turvy start.

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Because of the numerous flight cancellations at the Baton Rouge and New Orleans airports, many people are arriving to the networking event of the year a day late.

Louisiana Congresswoman Julia Letlow has filed two pieces of legislation to strengthen Agriculture Disaster Assistance. One of the bills aims to help livestock and crawfish producers when adverse weather or drought strikes and the other bill increases the flexibility for farmers with soybean crops covered by federal crop insurance…

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Letlow says she’s fighting to ensure Louisiana farmers have the support they need when disaster strikes.

Four duck hunters got caught in the winter storm on Tuesday and had to be rescued after their boat starting taking on water in the Atchafalaya Delta Wildlife Management Area in St. Mary Parish. Sergeant Jeremy Foret says after they got the call, it took LDWF agents more than an hour to rescue them…

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Later that same day, Foret and his crew rescued a duck hunter who ran out of gas in his boat. He also needed no medical attention.

After spending the last couple of days off the roads in south Louisiana, many people are getting back in their vehicles today. State Climatologist Jay Grymes has this word of caution…

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High temperatures will get in the low 50s today which should help reopen several major roadways that remain closed this morning.

The winter snowstorm has kept many people from Louisiana from getting up to Washington D-C for D-C Mardi Gras activities, which get underway today and last until Saturday night. Lapolitics-dot-com publisher Jeremy Alford it’s an annual gathering of Louisiana’s biggest movers and shakers…

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The Fifth U-S Circuit Court of Appeals hears oral arguments today on a controversial Louisiana law that requires every public school classroom to display the Ten Commandments. The plaintiffs in the case say the law tramples on students’ religious liberty and violates the separation of church and state. But Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill says the law is plainly constitutional.

Congresswoman Julia Letlow introduces two bills aimed at enhancing disaster aid for agricultural producers and improving crop insurance flexibility. Sean Richardson reports.

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This snowstorm has certainly been one for the ages. Andrew Greenstein reports.

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In Shreveport-Bossier City, authorities continue to look for the suspect who fatally shot a pharmaceutical rep walking back to his vehicle yesterday morning at a Walgreen’s across the street from Byrd High School. Police say the suspect stole the victim’s vehicle and it was tracked to an apartment complex in Bossier City, but the shooter still has not been found.

D-C Mardi Gras events get underway today at our nation’s capital. LaPolitics-dot-com publisher Jeremy Alford says this is the networking event of the year for politicians, lobbyists and business executives…

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Much of the activity takes place at the Washington Hilton and a bar at that hotel is renamed for this weekend as the 65^th Parish.

Louisiana Congresswoman Julia Letlow has filed legislation to strengthen agriculture disaster assistance.

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Letlow says the Drought Assistance Improvement Act would address shortcomings in existing relief programs. Including helping crawfish farmers when there is adverse weather or drought.