6:30 LRN Newscast

Louisiana truckers rank lawsuit abuse and insurance costs over the high price of fuel as their top concerns for 2026. Louisiana Motor Transport Association executive director Renee Amar says while state lawmakers have passed reforms to improve the property and the private auto insurance markets, commercial auto insurance rates have not been addressed..

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She says this should send a clear message to lawmakers Louisiana’s legal climate continues to put local trucking companies at a disadvantage.

Saints fans are down on the Black and Gold after losing to Pittsburgh 16-10 in Paris, but the players are maintaining a positive attitude. Linebacker Kaden Elliss…

Cut 14 (10) “…keep working.”

New Orleans is two and five heading into the bye week .

 

Planned Parenthood is back in Louisiana as they’ve reopened a facility in New Orleans after closing their previous one last year. Jeanne Burns has the story…

Cut 1 (32) “…I’m Jeanne Burns.”

The unemployment rate in Richland Parish, which is where construction is underway on Meta’s 50-billion dollar A-I data center, is down to 4.4 percent. It was 5.2 percent in March.

 

And daily nonstop flights from Chicago to Shreveport Regional Airport are  now available.