11:30 LRN Newscast

Jamie Davis outlines his priorities should he be elected Louisiana’s next U.S. Senator. Andrew Greenstein reports.

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Davis’s opponent, Republican Julia Letlow, has her plan posted on her U-S Senate campaign website. At the top of the list is secure the border and deport criminal undocumented immigrants. Letlow says she also wants to lower costs and make life affordable again.

 

If you have kids, you know how expensive they can be. That’s why according to a poll from the First Five Years Fund, more than a quarter of Louisianans say they’re delaying starting a family. The group’s executive director, Sarah Ritting, says the poll shows that more than four out of every five say finding affordable child care is a crisis or a major problem.

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Ritting says this problem will require a multi-faceted solution – one component of which is tax credits so that working parents can keep more of their income that they can use for child care.

Disappointing start to the season for the Pelicans as they opened the 2026-27 campaign with a 123 to 120 loss to the Indiana Pacers. Zion Williamson had 22 points. He believes the team is making progress, but there’s still a long way to go…

Cut 12 (09) “…or three years”