The Latest Breaking News from Jeff Landry

A judge in Louisiana has temporarily blocked further efforts by state officials to clear homeless encampments in New Orleans

Louisiana Gov. orders relocation of homeless camps near Superdome for events, sparking concerns and highlighting the issue of homelessness in New Orleans.

Gov. Jeff Landry confirmed his support on Tuesday of restarting the tradition of bringing Louisiana State University’s live tiger mascot onto the football field ahead of home games

Tornado warnings were issued for large parts of Florida and Alabama

Francine has weakened to a tropical storm after slamming into Louisiana as a Category 2 hurricane, causing widespread power outages and sending a dangerous storm surge rushing into coastal communities

Hurricane Francine was due to barrel into Louisiana Wednesday, forecasters said, warning of life-threatening flooding and storm surge as residents of the southern US state rushed to board up businesses and stockpile emergency supplies.

Hurricane Francine is barreling toward Louisiana and an expected landfall in coming hours amid forecasts of a potentially deadly storm surge, destructive winds and widespread flooding

Tropical Storm Francine churned in the Gulf of Mexico with increasing strength and is expected to reach hurricane status on Tuesday before reaching landfall in Louisiana

Hurricane warnings have been issued for much of the Louisiana coastline with a forecast of heavy rain, strong winds and a severe storm surge, with landfall expected on Wednesday. The US National Hurricane Center on Monday said Tropical Storm Francine was “expected to become a hurricane soon”.