1:30 LRN Newscast August 17

Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin proposed plan for the November 3rd Presidential election and December run-off scales-back eligibility for requesting an absentee ballot compared to the July and August elections. Ardoin says the plan has been tailored to work in Phase Two compared to the stay at home order.
Cut 10 (11) “…to move forward”
The proposal will go before the House and Senate Governmental Affairs Committees later this week.

Tonight at 6 PM, the SEC releases its revised football schedule for 2020. LSU interim president Thomas Galligan is optimistic they’ll have fans in Tiger Stadium, but if you don’t have a ticket, tailgaiting on campus will be discouraged…
cut 6 (06) ”..campus”

The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is investigating a fatal jet ski accident in Lower St. Martin Parish. L-D-W-F spokesperson Ed Pratt says two teenage girls were operating separate jet skis when they collided on Saturday.Pratt says Hannah Landry of Franklin was airlifted to a hospital in Ascension Parish with severe injuries…
cut 14 (08) “…in Donalsonville”
Pratt says a 17-year-old allowed the two teenage girls to ride the jet skis and he faces possible charges.

It’s the first day of the fall semester at U-L Lafayette, ULM, McNeese, Northwestern and Southeastern Louisiana today. Nicholls and Grambling State resumed in-person classes last week. U-L System President Dr. Jim Henderson…
cut 9 (11) “…is your responsibility”