The US House voted overwhelmingly on Friday on legislation to authorize the construction of the Keystone X-L pipleine. House Majority Whip and Metairie Congressman Steve Scalise…
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The bill passed by the House is sponsonored by Baton Rouge republican Congressman and US Senate candidate Bill Cassidy. Democratic Senator Mary Landrieu will attempt to get the Senate to pass a similar bill early next week.

Mid-year budget cuts are coming for state government. That’s because the Revenue Estimating Conference officially recognized on Friday a 171-million dollar shortfall for the current fiscal year. Falling oil prices and lower than expected growth in personal income taxes caused the shortfall.

And Saturday begins the second open enrollment period for those who are seeking to either buy or make changes to their health insurance policy through the Affordable Care Act.

High temperatures will get back into the 50s, 60s tomorrow across Louisiana. We could even see some 70-degree readings in south Louisiana on Sunday. But Phil Grigsby, with the National Weather Service, says cold weather will return Monday….
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There’s a good chance for rain on Sunday.

There’s a strange story out of Hammond. Police are looking for a black male who stole about 500-dollars worth of perfume from a beauty store inside the mall. Hammond Police Lt Vince Giannobile…
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Giannobile says they have not publicly identified the suspect, but it’s possible a cross-dresser is responsible, because the same crime occurred at the same store by a person dressed as a woman.