11:30AM LRN Newscast

During an appearance on Talk 107-3 in Baton Rouge, Governor Jeff Landry said that the former NFL players suing the NCAA and SEC to return to college football deserve that chance. Kace Kieschnick has more.

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College football kicks off today across the country. The LSU Tigers’ first game is next Saturday at home versus Clemson.

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SpaceX Is Bringing Jobs to Vermilion Parish. Now Comes the Housing Challenge. Luke Bullock, the governmental affairs director of Louisiana Realtors, says while SpaceX’s arrival will yield a huge economic impact by itself, the resulting influx of new housing will also generate big bucks for Vermilion Parish.

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Bulluck is encouraging both the state and SpaceX to work with the association

The Houma-Terrebonne Airport has been selected by the federal government as one of eight sites nationwide to test how next-generation aircraft can safely integrate into the National Airspace System. Louisiana Transportation Secretary Glenn Ledet told Talk 1073 the airport’s high volume of air traffic provides a real-world setting for evaluating how emerging aircraft can operate safely alongside established helicopters and fixed-wing planes.

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