7:30 LRN Newscast November 22nd

A new report from Georgetown University ranks LSU’s return on investment number one among SEC public universities.
Cut 1 (30) “I’m Kevin Barnhart”

One of Governor Edwards first tasks for his second term will be working with the legislature on how to spend 535-million dollars in state surplus money. Edwards on where that money may go…
cut 8 (08) “….coastal restoration and protection”

Period Equity is hosting a protest today at Tulane against the state’s sales tax on feminine products and they want attendees to bring receipts of their latest tampon purchase with them. LIFT Louisiana is helping organize the event and Legal Advisory Board Member Laura Fine…
cut 10 (11) “…unconstitutional.”
33 states do not exempt feminine products from sales tax and efforts to do so have failed to pass at the State Capitol.

QuoteWizard used numbers from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to find that Louisiana ranks seventh for the highest rate of distracted driving fatalities. But the same report found there’s been a slight decline in distracted driving fatalities from 2013 to 2017. State Police Sergeant Melissa Matey credits an aggressive driver education campaign…
cut 15 (07) “…driving”