10:30 A.M. LRN Newscast 04/12/2018

US Senator John Kennedy says he’s seriously considering a run for governor next year. Michael Farrar spoke with pollster Bernie Pinsonat…

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The legislative session is one month into it and lawmakers are nowhere close to passing any meaningful legislation. Political observers say the milk-toast session has had very little highlights so far. Jeremy Alford is the publisher of LaPolitics.com…

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A Tulane study finds grade school students can benefit from yoga classes to help them manage stress and anxiety. Principal author Alessandra Bazzano (Ba-zon-no) says P.E. time has been reduced at schools nationwide, the study showed that students, no matter what age, need to be allowed other activities that take them out of the classroom…

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The Revenue Estimating Conference met this morning to give an update on how big the revenue shortfall is for next fiscal year. Previous estimates put the deficit around a billion dollars, but this morning the r-e-c adopted a revised forecast, adding 345.9 Million to next years budget.
This shrinks the official budget gap from 994 million to 648 million.