07:30 LRN Newscast June 13th

TOPS will be cut by 30 percent without additional funds from a special session tax deal, and that could cost Louisiana students big. Matt Doyle has the story.
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Good news for low income parents who have been waiting to take advantage of a taxpayer funded Child Care Assistance Program. It is receiving an injection of federal funds, which will allow an additional four-thousand children under the age of four to join the program. About 15-thousand students are currently enrolled.

President Trump is back in the U-S after his histroic summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Trump posted on Twitter today that there is no longer a Nuclear Threat from North Korea. Louisiana Congressman Ralph Abraham says current discussions could always go south, but as of now, it appears they are more advanced with North Korea than ever before…
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Rudy Guiliani is visiting Cajun country to raise money for US Congressman Clay Higgins primary challenger, Josh Guillory. The former New York City Mayor, and adviser to the President, will attend a fundraiser for Guillory on June 25th in Lafayette. UL Lafayette Political Science Professor Pearson Cross says it’s… a bit surprising.
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Cross says Guillory is considered a more moderate Republican than Higgins.