12:30 LRN Newscast Oct 16

Campaign finance reports indicate U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy has raised as much money in the last quarter as his main Democratic challenger, Shreveport Mayor Adrian Perkins. But overall, Cassidy’s war chest is much larger.  UL-Lafayette Poli-Sci Professor Pierson Cross says numbers indicate Perkins is appealing to both state and national democrats.

Cut 6 (09) “uphill slope”

It’s the first day of early voting and a long, socially distanced line wrapped around the Secretary of State’s office. This voter says she’s a frequent early voter and has never seen this many people in line before. She says when she first saw the line she turned around but decided to come back…

Cut 9 (11) “do it”

LSU Student Body President Stone Cox sent a letter to Interim President Thomas Galligan, suggesting monthly COVID-19 testing for all students, an effort to move into Phase Three.

Cut 1 (30) “  I’m Taylor Sharp”