11:30 LRN Newscast July 30

Southwest Louisiana Congressman Clay Higgins will be serving on the bipartisan task force investigating the assassination attempt of former President Trump. ULM political science professor Pearson Cross says because Higgins is among the most conservative members of Congress…

Cut 6 (12) “…meant to do.”

The task force is composed of seven Republicans and six Democrats.

Groundbreaking was held today for the new nursing Annex Building at Nicholls State University, Dean of Nursing Raquel Engolio (In-go-lee-ah) says this marks the beginning of their project aimed at enhancing the Thibodaux Regional Health System School of Nursing.

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The state has invested $27 million in funding for the project.

State Revenue has sent notice to almost 19-thousand individual and business taxpayers to claim their refunds before they are transferred to the state treasury’s Unclaimed Property division. Revenue spokesperson Byron Henderson says any refunds not claimed by the September 6th deadline remain the property of the taxpayer…

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Those notices were mailed this week.

President Joe Biden is calling on Congress to impose term limits of 18 years on Supreme Court Justices and an enforceable ethics code. Ethic reforms to SCOTUS would require justices to disclose gifts, refrain from political activity, and recuse themselves from cases in which they or their spouse have a financial or conflict of interest. LSU Political Science Professor Robert Hogan referred to Justice Clarence Thomas.

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