2:30 LRN Newscast

Former Louisiana Speaker of the House Taylor Barras will serve as Governor-elect Jeff Landry’s Commissioner of Administration. Brooke Thorington has more.
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The Louisiana Pardon Board denied five death row inmates the opportunity of a full clemency hearing. The Board conducted what is called administrative reviews for five people on death row to determine if they were eligible for a clemency review. The Pardon Board took similar action against five other death row inmates last month.

Nicholls State University has announced plans to build to a new College of Nursing building. University spokesperson Jared David says there is a nursing shortage and this new building can help them double the number of nursing students they graduate….
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The project is currently in the architectural phase and university leaders are hoping for it be completed in early 2025.

The childhood home of pop music icon Britney Spears is for sale for one-point-two million dollars. The three-bedroom, three bath ranch style home is located in a rural area near Kentwood. Realtor Yvonne Hulsey says it’s the history that gives the high value to this home…
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Hulsey says she has her first showing on Friday.