12:30 LRN Newscast

Governor Landry says the state is embarking on the largest broadband expansion program in the state’s history with the launch of Gumbo 2.0. This program will distribute one-point-three billion dollars in federal money to expand broadband. Director of the Office of Broadband Development and Connectivity Veneeth Iyengar predicts the digital divide will be eliminated in the next couple of years…
cut 6 (11) “…first to do it”

We are in the middle of August and there are no tropical storm and hurricane threats to the Gulf of Mexico in what is expected to be a very active season. LSU Public Health Climatologist Barry Keim says dusty air from the Sahara Dessert that’s over the Atlantic Ocean is helping to suppress storm activity…
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This is season has produced five named storms and the Colorado State Hurricane Forecast team is predicting 23 named storms this year.

Louisiana’s 57 delegates to the Democratic National Convention are in Chicago where they’ll formally nominate Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic presidential nominee. New Orleans Congressman Troy Carter says there is an electricity in Chicago as every walk of life is attending the D-N-C…
cut 9 (10) “…windy city”
President Joe Biden will speak tonight.

Marketwatch-dot-com has ranked Louisiana number one for the highest auto insurance rates in the country. Louisiana House Speaker Phillip DeVillier says…
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Devillier expects several meetings will take place this year to come up with an auto insurance reform agenda that can be voted on during a possible special session early next year.