9:30 am Newscast

President Biden is enacting new migrant restrictions at the southern border. Colleen Crain has reaction from Louisiana’s U-S Senators…
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The founder and CEO of Acadian Ambulance, Richard Zuschlag, has passed away at the age of 76. The Pennsylvannia native moved to Lafayette in 1970 and started Acadian Ambulance in 1971 with two ambulances. The Lafayette based company now has 52-hundred employees and operates in 37 parishes in Louisiana.
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Governor Jeff Landry and several other Republican Governors are calling on President Joe Biden to ease regulatory pressure on the fossil fuel industry, prioritize technology and to end his moratorium on permits for liquid natural gas export facilities. Landry says more domestice energy production could reduce inflation….
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The Louisiana Purchase Gardens and Zoo in Monroe is celebrating its 100th birthday this month. City of Monroe spokesperson Emily Stogner says they had a big celebration last weekend…
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The newest addition is the Louisiana Purchase exhibit where visitors can feed animals and get a sense of what it was like during the time of the Louisiana Purchase.