Among other things, legislative leaders want to remove the governor’s ability to declare state of emergencies over immigration.

The decision means the Florida law will remain in effect in the coming months as the Supreme Court weighs the Texas case.

Anytime you’re dealing with wintry precipitation in the southeast, it’s like shooting an arrow through a keyhole at two miles out,” an NWS forecaster says.

The rare Southern storm prompted this headline from the Anchorage Daily News: "Hey, New Orleans, please send some of your snow to Anchorage."

Snow totals in Louisiana have broken records. Parts of Florida, Texas and Georgia have also accumulated several inches of snow.

Preparations are underway from Houston to Atlanta as a rare winter storm sets its sights on the southern U.S., where it's expected to bring a messy mix of heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain that could have a major impact on travel and daily life.

From a snowy Bourbon Street in New Orleans to making a snowman on the beaches in Houston, check out the falling snow in our southern states.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A major winter storm that slammed Texas and blanketed the northern Gulf Coast with record-breaking snow moved east Wednesday, spreading heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain across parts of the Florida Panhandle, Georgia and eastern Carolinas.

Reese said that a weak system moving across the Four Corners and Texas could line ... Gulf of Mexico and move toward Florida. If the low tracks closer to Tampa, Tallahassee could get wintry ...

A rare frigid storm is charging through Texas and the northern Gulf Coast, blanketing New Orleans and Houston with snow, closing highways and grounding nearly all flights.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) — A Clay County, Florida man has been arrested nearly two months after a deadly Tallahassee crash. On Nov. 24 around 3:27 a.m., officers were called to a single-car crash near Cactus Street and Hayward Drive. The driver hit a tree and flipped onto its side.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A rare frigid storm charged through Texas and the northern Gulf Coast on Tuesday, blanketing New Orleans and Houston with snow that closed highways, grounded nearly all flights and canceled school for more than a million students more accustomed to hurricane dismissals than snow days.