2:30 PM Newscast July 30

Congressman Clay Higgins is among the 13-member House task force investigating the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. Brooke Thorington has more.

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Louisiana Senator John Kennedy questioned U-S Secret Service Acting Director Ronald Rowe as he testified before the Senate Judiciary and Homeland Security committees. Kennedy says the Secret Service snipers were in an elevated position above the roof and he doesn’t understand why they didn’t see Crooks…

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Louisiana’s new law requiring all state-funded schools and universities to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom is facing litigation from several groups, who say it violates the separation of church and state. But on Talk Louisiana with Jim Engster this morning, Governor Jeff Landry said that the Ten Commandments are the foundation for our rule of law and they are woven into the fabric of America’s laws…

Cut 10 (05) “…believe in America.”

A hearing in a federal courtroom is scheduled for September 30th.

A groundbreaking ceremony for the new nursing Annex Building at Nicholls State University, home of the Thibodaux Regional Health System School of Nursing was held today. Dean Raquel Engolio says this marks the beginning of a project aimed at enhancing the university’s nursing education facilities.

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The project is seen as a critical investment in the future of healthcare in the region.