11:30 LRN Newscast

Severe weather is on the way this weekend, causing St. Patrick’s Day Parades to be rescheduled. Colleen Crain has more.

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Schools and students nationwide are celebrating Pi Day today. Karen Dartez, a math teacher at St. Thomas More school in Baton Rouge, says as a nod to the day’s namesake, she will be treating her students to pie.

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The most complex amendment on the constitutional amendment ballot is Amendment 2, which essentially rewrites Article 7 of the state Constitution. One of the most talked-about provisions is a permanent pay raise for teachers. PAR President Steven Procopio says it would in fact make a stipend that’s been renewed every year permanent.

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Senator Bill Cassidy is urging his colleagues to pass his HALT Fentanyl Act. In a Senate floor speech yesterday, Cassidy said among other things, the act closes a loophole that people use to slightly alter the fentanyl to the point that it’s no longer fentanyl – something that’s called a “fentanyl analog.”

Cut 10 (08) “…not actually fentanyl.”