12:30 LRN Newscast

Despite four separate federal indictments against Donald Trump, the former president continues to receive strong support from Republicans in his bid to return to the White House. Louisiana pollster John Couvillon…
Cut 6 (11) “…ganging up on him”
Couvillon surveyed 11-hundred likely Republican voters nationwide and 52-percent said they would vote for Trump in the Presidential Primary.

The state has put another 20-million dollars towards a proposed passenger rail service between Baton Rouge and New Orleans. Commissioner of Administration Jay Dardenne…
cut 4 (11) “…to happen”
The 20-million dollars is left over from the Road Home Program, which closed in February. The federal government is allowing the state to use the money for the train, because it could help in future evacuation efforts.

We’ll see high temperatures get above 105-degrees in some parts of the state this weekend. LRN meteorologist John Wetherbee reports the sun will continue to bake the Bayou State…
cut 2 (28) “….this weekend”