10:30 LRN Newscast

Twelve days from today is election day and early voting is also ongoing in Louisiana. In the U-S Senate Race, Democratic candidate Jamie Davis says one of his priorities if elected as the next U-S Senator is to keep lawmakers off Wall Street…

Cut 7 (13) “….and their pockets”

Davis’s opponent, Republican Julia Letlow, has 15 issues listed on her campaign website that she she’ll fight for. Number one is secure the border and number two is lower costs and make life affordable again.

Real Reform Louisiana Executive Director Ben Riggs says a recent report found that the property and casualty insurance industry reported 150-billion dollars in profits in 2025 and insurance executives are cashing in on massive bonuses…

Cut 5 (12) “…previous year”

The Louisiana Insurance Department points out that insurance is high in Louisiana because home and auto insurers have historically had significantly higher losses in Louisiana compared to the national average.

 

A new study has found that the number of deep-water creatures in the Gulf dropped about 60-percent in the years following the 2010 B-P Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, and populations have still not recovered. Nova Southeastern University biological oceanographer Tracey Sutton was the lead author of the study and says these animals in the “twilight zone” above the seafloor are a critical food source in the ocean ecosystem.

Cut 13 (12)  “…up at night”

Sutton says deep-water predators like the dragon fish have suffered severe population losses because of this.

A new report finds that there are four-billion dollars of repairs and maintenance that needs to be done on Louisiana’s college campus.

LSU released a statement that says they plan to step up crowd control after a fight broke out near the Greek Theater following last Saturday’s homecoming win over Mississippi State.  Video of the fight has gone viral.