6:30 AM LRN Newscast

A trio of groups is joining forces in challenging Entergy Louisiana’s proposal to build seven new gas plants for Meta’s new A-I data center in Richland Parish through Governor Landry’s “Lightning Speed” initiative. Susan Stevens Miller, a senior attorney at Earthjustice, says Entergy and Meta are trying to ram through these gas plants by leveraging their political influence.

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With the recall effort against East Baton Rouge Mayor-President Sid Edwards coming up way short, what does that mean for the efforts against Governor Landry and Attorney General Liz Murrill? LSU political science professor Robert Hogan says since Landry and Murrill are much more closely aligned with the Trump administration, certain voters may be more motivated to act against them.

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State Farm is giving 136-million dollars in dividends back to Louisiana policyholders. Kace Kieschnick reports.

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A Pitkin man is accused of setting fire to his home to commit insurance fraud.  Officials with the State Fire Marshal’s office said 37 year old was arrested Friday in connection with a house fire on Hopewell Road in February.  Ware faces two counts of insurance fraud and one count of arson with the intent to defraud.