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The arctic weather set new records for snowfall amounts and low temperatures this week. State Climatologist Jay Grymes said it’s the most snowfall and lowest temperatures Louisiana has experienced in the last century.

State officials are urging people to stay at home for at least another 24 hours as snow and icy conditions continue to pose dangers to drivers.

Local officials are urging residents to hunker down through at least Wednesday night.

Sub-freezing temperatures and a high chance of snow have officials in Louisiana treating the approaching winter weather as an emergency, one in which they anticipate road closures and other impacts from the frigid conditions.

If you’re traveling to see loved ones, here are a few things to consider.

More than 150,000 people are expected to visit the Superdome over the three -night stretch of concerts.

When the Claiborne Expressway was built through the Tremé, it decimated what some remember as the Black Wall Street of New Orleans. It’s been called a textbook example of America’s racist highway history. Now, there’s a new federal program to address that past — and a few ideas in New Orleans for how to best use the money.

Louisiana House Speaker Clay Schexnayder, R-Gonzales, said Thursday that he would only support the governor’s plan to put $500 million toward a new Mississippi River bridge in the Baton Rouge area this year, if the state picks the bridge’s location before the state budget is finalized in June – a timeline transportation officials say is not realistic.

A bill to raise the state’s gas tax was shelved Monday, as the bill’s author, Representative Steve Carter (R-Baton Rouge), pointed to the difficulty of...