7:30 LRN Newscast January 21

Morning Consult tracks the approval rating of governors and it has found Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards is the most popular Democratic governor in the country. ULM Political Science Professor Joshua Stockley says Edwards connects well with Louisiana residents…
cut 14 (09) “…relate to people”
Morning Consult has Edwards approval rating at 54-percent.

An LSU Geology Professor believes the Indian Mounds on LSU’s Baton Rouge campus may be 11,300 years old, making it the oldest man-made structures on Earth. Brooks Ellwood says a scan of the mounds, followed by a test of the material indicates the mounds are even older than the Pyramids of Giza (Gee-Zuh)in Egypt.
Cut 4 (11) “…state.”

The Wellcana group, which produces medical marijuana, tells the Advocate they are looking to build a 100-thousand square-foot indoor marijuana greenhouse and storage facility between Baton Rouge and Lafayette. The building would employ 100 to 200 workers and it will also be used as a collection center for hemp grown by Louisiana farmers.

A study from the American Heart Association shows that there are various reasons why teens might or might not believe vaping is dangerous…
Cut 2 (31) “…I’m Brooke Thorington”