7:30 LRN Newscast

The winter precipitation has moved out of Louisiana but several elevated roadways remain iced over….
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I-10 between St. Martin Parish and Baton Rouge, including the Atchafalya Basin Bridge is shut down. DOTD spokesperson Rodney Mallett…
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No timeline on when these iced over roads will re-open.

Governor Jeff Landry opened the special session by calling on lawmakers to pass a Congressional map with two majority Black voting districts. Landry says if the state Legislature does not do it before the special session ends on January 23rd, the federal courts will
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Landry also wants lawmakers to pass legislation that would shift Louisiana from the jungle primary system to closed party primaries. Pollster Bernie Pinsonat conducted a poll last week and found a majority of the 600 respondents approve of several features of a closed party primary…
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