7:30 LRN Newscast

Louisiana voters gave a resounding “No” to the four Constitutional Amendments on Saturday’s ballot. Each proposal lost in a two to one vote, including Amendment Two, which Governor Jeff Landry strongly supported. Landry went around the state this month telling voters Amendment Two would make Louisiana a more business friendly state.

However, Amendment Two faced opposition from conservatives over concerns it would weaken constitutional protections for property tax exemptions that religious groups and nonprofits rely on. John Couvillon of JMC Analytics and Polling also says Democrats were energized to vote against it as they do not like the fast-moving agendas from both Republican President Donald Trump and Landry….

Cut 12 (12) “…could matter.”

 

Willis Knighton Health in Shreveport opens its new seven-million-dollar nuclear oncology department today. Officials say it will radically change cancer treatments for patients in the region. Medical director of Radiation Oncology at Willis Knighton Health System, Doctor Lane Rosen, says nuclear oncology, also known as theranostics, uses radiopharmaceuticals to treat tumors……

Cut 7 (07) “…in a better way.” 

Rosen says theranostics is one of the most advanced methods to precisely diagnose and treat cancer.

The LSU women’s basketball season ended one game short of reaching the Final Four as the Lady Tigers lost to UCLA 72 to 65 yesterday in Spokane, Washington. It was the final game for All American Aneesah Morrow, one of the greatest rebounders in women’s college basketball history. Coach Kim Mulkey will soon begin to focus on next season…

Cut 15 (11) “….go to work”