4:30 LRN Newscast August 7

East Baton Rouge gets the state and federal dollars needed to complete a 255-million dollar flood prevention project.  Matt Doyle has more…

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Ag Commissioner Mike Strain took questions from the media Tuesday as he filed paperwork to run for re-election. Strain says the state is moving ahead with its hemp program, but the feds have yet to give the state-specific testing mechanisms and exact THC limits. That being said…

Cut 4 (05) “…largest alternative crops.”

A Clinical Psychologist at LSU Health New Orleans says recent mass shootings has many people extremely upset it and can it have lasting psychology impacts. Michelle Moore what happened in El Paso and Dayton are weighing heavily on much of the public’s mind, and Moore says it’s likely going to result in people being more sensitive when venturing into public spaces…

Cut 14 (10) “…wouldn’t”

 

Navy veteran Patrick “Livewire” Landry is the third Republican to enter the governor’s race alongside Eddie Rispone and Congressman Ralph Abraham. Landry says the 300-million-dollar state surplus from the last budget year is evidence that the state is collecting too much in taxes, and that money needs to be returned.

Cut 6 (10) “…nonsense.”

Landry previously ran for Governor as an independent in 2003.