1:30 LRN Newscast Jan 24

The Own Your Own Health 13-week wellness challenge gets underway today. Director of the Governor’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports Rudy Macklin says in the team competition, each team picks a captain, and they help keep track of the group’s steps or weight loss efforts…

Cut 10 (06)  “….email.” 

A website aimed at increasing dual enrollment for high school students in Louisiana seeks to inform of the benefits for all students, even those seeking a technical degree. Commissioner of Higher Education Kim Hunter Reed the last annual report indicates about 64-percent of students graduate with at least one dual enrollment course and they want to build on that.

Cut 13 (11) “…or both.”

The website is LA-dual-enrollment-dot-com

At 2 pm Governor John Bel Edwards will hold a press briefing to discuss his executive budget proposal ahead of the 2022 regular legislative session. That session will begin March 14th and end June 6th. The special session on redistricting begins on February first and ends on the 20th.

With the Saints not in the playoffs, there are questions about what’s next for coach Sean Payton. An NFL Network report says Payton has not committed to returning next season and Saints insider Mike Detillier believes we are nearing the end of his time in New Orleans.

Cut 7 (15) “…a wrong read.” 

The NFL Network reports that Payton could leave the Saints for a job in TV as a football analyst.