2:30 LRN Newscast September 11

Louisiana first responders are on their way to the Carolinas as Hurricane Florence barrels it’s way to the East Coast as a Category Four storm…
cut 2 (30) “I’m Matt Doyle”

The National Hurricane Center says there’s now a high chance that a tropical disturbance at the tip of the Yucatan Peninsula has a chance of developing into a tropical depression by Thursday night as it moves through the western Gulf of Mexico. If it reaches tropical storm strength, it will be called Joyce with landfall expected along the Texas coastline.

Optimism among small business owners is at an all-time high. That’s according to the National Federation of Indpendent Business, who has been surveying its members for 45-year. NFIB State Director Dawn Starns says improved federal economic policy has business owners looking to expand and hire…
Cut 6 (08) “…job openings perspective.”
Starns says it might only get better for small businesses when much of the federal tax reform plans kick in next year.

A lawsuit filed by New Orleans-area parents against a catholic school because of its hair policy prohibiting braids has been dismissed. Christ the King School has rescinded that policy and Loyola University Law Professor Dane Ciolino says the plaintiffs got what they wanted and it would have been difficult to get much more…
cut 14(10) “…its settled”
The case garnered national attention thanks to a viral video showing a girl wearing braids and crying because she was sent home from school.