7:30 LRN Newscast

Governor Jeff Landry is holding a press conference today at 10 AM to discuss tax reform.  Sean Richardson has more.

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Starting today, a person could face up to five years in prison for possessing mifepristone and misoprostol without a prescription. The drugs are used to induce an abortion, but they also can help manage miscarriages, induce labor, insert IUD’s and stop hemorrhaging in pregnant women. Doctors have expressed concern this will negatively impact the health care of pregnant women, but Attorney General Liz Murrill and LDH do not see it that way.

People are mourning the death of 69-year-old, Baton Rouge therapist, Doctor William Nicholas Abraham,  and the search continues for the person responsible for his death. Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Gerald Sticker says Abrham’s body was found wrapped up in tarp on Sunday morning along Highway 51 between Fluker and the Village of Tangipahoa. Sticker says Abraham died from blunt force trauma…

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The Tangiphoa Sheriff’s Office has released photos of a person of interest, you can view them on their Facebook Page.

Rolling Stone Magazine has done a profile on Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry. The headline of the print edition reads “MAGA”s Next-Gen Hero. ULM Political Science Professor Doctor Joshua Stockley…

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The article goes into depth of Landry’s support for a law that calls for the Ten Commandments to be displayed in all public classrooms.