6:30 LRN Newscast September 21

There’s a lot of talk of legal action in the news today. Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry and other Republican Attorneys General are threatening to sue the Biden Administration if the President follows through with a plan to require private employers with more than 100 employees to mandate the COVID vaccine…
cut 11 (07) “…to court”
In Ruston, parents have filed a lawsuit against Cedar Creek School claiming their child was bullied both physically and psychologically and the school neglected to provide protection from the abuse…
cut 5 (06) “…this kiddo”
That’s Attorney Wes Bearden. But the school says their own investigation resulted in the expulsion of five students and there’s no evidence that some of the more heinous acts against the plaintiff ever occurred.

Also, Entergy is facing a class-action lawsuit from customers over the extensive power outages that occurred after Hurricane Ida.

LSU Pennington Biomedical Research Center is participating in the Moderna pediatric COVID vaccine trial. Brooke Thorington has more.
Cut 2 (30) ā€œā€¦I’m Brooke Thorington.ā€

Meanwhile, Pfizer says its vaccine works in children from five to eleven years old. Pfizer plans to ask for authorization in the United States soon.