9:30 LRN Newscast April 17

A proposed constitutional amendment advances to the House floor that would ask voters should the state constitution be amended to say the state does not protect abortion rights. Pro-choice advocates oppose the proposal. Steffani Bangel is with the New Orleans Abortion Fund…
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If the measure receives two-thirds support in the legislature, the question would appear on the October ballot.

Another round of severe weather is approaching Louisiana. Storms will arrive in northwest Louisiana tonight and then tomorrow much of the state is under an enhanced risk for severe weather. That includes the Mississippi Delta, Lafayette, Baton Rouge and all of southeast Louisiana. Much of north Louisiana is under flash flood watch through Thursday morning.

Legislation that would require drug testing of drivers at fault in wrecks that result in serious bodily injury heads to the Senate floor after emotional testimony from a Bossier Parish mother, who lost her four-year-old child in a car wreck…
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Morgan Grantham says the driver that caused the wreck that killed her daughter was not drug tested, because her daughter initially survived.

Where to Retire Magazine highlights Bossier City as a Veteran-Friendly city to retire.
Voicer 1 (30) “I’m Kevin Barnhart”