Kelly Connelly
Government & Politics ReporterKelly grew up in Baton Rouge. She started out in radio at Baton Rouge High where she was first on air at WBRH and KBRH. While studying film and politics at Hendrix College, she reported and hosted for KUAR in Little Rock, AR. She then moved on to KUT in Austin, TX. She misses the dry air, live music at Studio 1A and breakfast tacos, but is happy for crawfish and non-ironic use of Mardi Gras beads.
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The contentious plan to revamp the state’s floundering retirement systems was overturned in State Supreme Court on Friday. The high court knocked down the…
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The US Supreme Court may have recognized all marriage as equal Wednesday, but same-sex couple still can’t get married in Louisiana. Same-sex marriages…
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State plans to restore the coastline are trying to mimic the way the Mississippi built the coast. Thousands of years ago the river dumped sediment from…
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UPDATE 10:14 p.m. CST WRKF's Kelly Connelly on the scene in Donaldsonville:An industrial accident at North America’s largest nitrogen complex in…
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Thursday’s chemical plant explosion in Geismar, La. has claimed another life. Seven remained hospitalized Friday with burns and respiratory…
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UPDATED 9:22 p.m. CST: The injured count is up to 77 and a 29-year-old man is dead after a chemical explosion in Geismar, La. Thursday. 300 people were…
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State plans to shut down the low-cost bus from Baton Rouge to New Orleans may harm economic ties between the cities.According to a survey released…
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State lawmakers cheered the end of the 2013 legislative session Thursday.WRKF’s Kelly Connelly has been following every twist and turn over the past 2…
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Lawmakers are going home having passed a bipartisan $24 billion state spending plan. But they're bringing home more than just the budget to their…
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In the final hours of the legislative session, lawmakers have passed a $25.4 billion budget compromise to finance the state for the fiscal year that…