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• Freeze warning issued for overnight, Tuesday morning Play Video

  March 25, 2013 10:24 PM

  BATON ROUGE - There is an overnight freeze warning going into Tuesday morning and chilly temperatures will return Tuesday night. The warning begins at midnight Tuesday and will last until 8 a.m. At area plant nurseries, workers covered and stored fragile vegetation. "Anything that's got blooms like... more »

• Sunny and much cooler today Play Video

  March 25, 2013 7:12 AM

  We begin this Monday with clear skies, breezy conditions and chilly temperatures in the 30s. Better bundle up! We will stay cool all day thanks to an area of high pressure building in from the northwest. This is ushering in breezy north to northwest winds over us all day... more »

• Mostly sunny and staying cool today Play Video

  March 1, 2013 8:00 AM

  Better have that warm coat with you this morning! We have partly to mostly cloudy skies with temperatures in the upper 30s to lower 40s. We will actually stay cool all day just like we did on Thursday. The clouds will become partly cloudy and a cold front will... more »

• Midwest remains locked in deep freeze

  January 23, 2013 6:21 AM

  MADISON, Wis. - The Upper Midwest remains locked in the deep freeze, with bitter temperatures stretching into a fourth day across several states. The cold snap arrived Saturday night as waves of Arctic air swept south from Canada, pushing temperatures to dangerous lows and leaving a section of the... more »

• Jindal administration makes cuts across agencies Play Video

  December 14, 2012 12:46 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Gov. Bobby Jindal is using a mix of cuts, one-time patches and hiring freeze savings to close a nearly $166 million budget gap. Cuts are planned to doctors and hospitals that care for Medicaid patients. Programs that provide hospice care for the poor and disabled and dental... more »

• Freeze warning overnight for some Louisiana Parishes

  November 24, 2012 3:47 PM

  The National Weather Service calls an overnight freeze warning across south Mississippi and in four Louisiana parishes. Louisiana strawberry farmers are putting covers over plants to protect them. One south Mississippi farmer said his crops aren't yet planted. Meteorologist Ryan Davidson says people should expect four or five hours of... more »

• Jindal adds hurdles for new state vehicles

  October 8, 2012 4:17 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Gov. Bobby Jindal has issued a partial freeze on state agencies buying or leasing cars, trucks and other vehicles. The executive order was put out last week with no formal announcement. It requires that any agency in the executive branch get written approval from the governor's commissioner... more »

• Obama extends federal pay freeze

  August 22, 2012 7:48 AM

  WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is extending a two-year pay freeze for federal employees until at least next spring. The freeze will stay in effect until a spending plan is passed, but the presidential campaign makes it unlikely that will happen before the start of fiscal 2013 on Oct.... more »

• Jindal continues state's partial hiring freeze

  July 11, 2012 2:43 PM

  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - In what is becoming an annual ritual, Gov. Bobby Jindal has again issued a partial hiring freeze on executive branch agencies in state government. The hiring freeze covers the 2012-13 fiscal year that began July 1. Most agencies will need to get approval from the... more »

• Ouachita board extends partial hiring freeze

  April 4, 2012 8:08 AM

  MONROE - The Ouachita Parish School Board will continue its partial hiring freeze through the upcoming school year and cut 80-100 teaching positions to make up for increased expenses. Board members voted unanimously Tuesday to accept recommendations by the finance committee to bring the district's budget in line. Personnel salaries... more »

• Jindal continues state's partial hiring freeze

  July 7, 2011 10:41 AM

  BATON ROUGE - Gov. Bobby Jindal has started the new budget year by ordering a partial hiring freeze that will require most state agencies to get approval from Jindal's budget chief before adding new workers. The executive order announced Thursday, covers the 2011-12 fiscal year, which ends June 30.... more »

• Jindal orders partial spending freeze for agencies

  May 9, 2011 4:20 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Gov. Bobby Jindal has ordered a partial freeze on state spending for travel, supplies, contracts and other operating services in most state government agencies for the remaining two months of the fiscal year. Jindal's executive order was issued Monday, to help free up some money in... more »

• Grocery stores benefit from cold weather

  February 3, 2011 5:50 PM

  BATON ROUGE- As the temperatures drop, hundreds of shoppers are filling area grocery stores in search of the cold weather essentials. The most popular items at Bet-R grocery store ranged from milk and bread to stew meats. "They're buying a lot of soup shank, a lot of stew meat,... more »

• Citing deficit, Obama freezing federal worker pay

  November 29, 2010 11:18 AM

  WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama has announced a two-year pay freeze for federal employees, saying the step is necessary to help bring the federal deficit under control. The freeze would apply to all civilian federal employees but would exclude military personnel. Obama says the sacrifices of limiting government spending must... more »

• Lawmakers get pay raise amidst budget cuts

  April 22, 2010 10:16 PM

  State legislators are making $14 more a day because Congress is making more. A bill passed years ago established the automatic per diem raise. And despite tough economic times, lawmakers still got the increase this year, totaling $3 million dollars. Representatives for the state's civil service workers say the... more »

• Gov. Jindal issues executive order freezing expenditures

  March 25, 2010 11:25 AM

  Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal has issued a spending freeze order for departments and agencies under the executive branch of government. The freeze comes as an attempt to save the state money at a time when budget cuts are facing various departments and agencies. Some budget activities are exempt, such... more »

• Pay raises blocked for unclassified employees

  March 19, 2010 12:25 PM

  Gov. Bobby Jindal issued an executive order Friday freezing merit pay increases for Louisiana's unclassified employees. The order was announced just a few hours after the Louisiana Civil Service Commission approved a one year freeze for classified workers. The freeze goes into effect at the start of the... more »

• State workers plan to fight pay raise freeze

  March 17, 2010 5:08 PM

  State workers say they will fight a Louisiana Civil Service Commission proposal to freeze merit raises for one year. The move would prohibit classified employees from getting a raise starting July 1. Gov. Bobby Jindal rejected two other proposals allowing agencies and departments a greater range of pay raise... more »

• St. Tammany Parish opens freeze shelters

  January 4, 2010 1:59 PM

  Officials in Saint Tammany Parish, along with the American Red Cross, are opening a couple of shelters tonight, due to the expected freezing temperatures. The shelters are located at the First Baptist Church in Mandeville, and Northside Baptist Church in Slidell. The National Weather Service warns that an... more »

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• Staying cool all weekend, but warming up next week

  December 9, 2011

  Short Term Forecast : You will want that heavy coat again this morning with temperatures in the upper 20s to lower 30s! It will not warm up much again today all thanks to an area of high pressure sitting over the Southeast U.S. This will make it mostly sunny as... more »

• Plenty of freezing temperatures this week...

  December 6, 2010

  By Meteorologist Dave Nussbaum Short Term : It was a very cold start to the day, and it is not going to warm up much! An area of high pressure is sitting over us, and that will allow us to have plenty of sunshine with only a few high... more »