6:30 LRN Newscast March 19

Governor Edwards announces essential workers can begin receiving vaccines on Monday. Brooke Thorington has more.
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Governor Edwards calls it a reasonable decision to not fire, but suspend two LSU athletic administrators for failing to handle sexual misconduct allegations properly. Edwards says based on what he read in the Husch Blackwell report the people that should get fired are no longer employed at LSU. But female state legislators are pushing for harsher punishments for the two LSU employees who have been suspended.

Voters in the 5th and 2nd Congressional Districts head to the polls tomorrow to pick their next U-S House Representative. Political analyst Bernie Pinsonat says the 5th District race should be a landslide win for Republican Julia Letlow who may avoid a runoff.
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Pinsonat says the second district congressional election will need a runoff.

The I-R-S and the Louisiana Department of Revenue are giving taxpayers until June 15th to file their taxes this year. Postlethwaite and Netterville Associate Tax Director Kathyrn Pittman says despite the extensions, it’s still not a good idea to procrastinate…
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