14:30 LRN Newscast October 18th

A Louisiana man is suing the state over a law that prevents him from getting married because he doesn’t have a birth certificate. Michelle Southern has more…
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A Monroe television station is reporting that the principal and a teacher at Caldwell Parish High School have been suspended and placed on administrative leave. The sheriff’s office has been investigating complaints that students were stripped searched as school officials looked a missing 42 dollars.

Attorney General Jeff Landry is glad a state district judge ruled in his favor in a lawsuit that was filed by Governor John Bel Edwards. The judge says Landry does not have to sign off on state contracts that contain wording that protects LGBT individualists. Landry says he’s following the will of the legislature, because they have never passed a law that protects this group of citizens…
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The governor’s office says Edwards is exploring other legal options.

In the third district Congressional race, Republican Scott Angelle has raised more money than the entire field combined. UL Lafayette Political Science Professor says it’s been Angelle’s race to lose from the beginning…
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Early voting for this race and others on the November 8th ballot begins a week from today.