9:30 LRN Newscast September 17

Hurricane Laura was the strongest storm to hit Louisiana in over 100 years when it made landfall in Cameron Parish. Three weeks later the Parish is struggling to recover…
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There’s a strong possibility we could have another tropical system in the Gulf of Mexico by the end of the week. The National Hurricane Center is giving an area of low pressure a 90-percent chance of developing into a tropical depression in the next 48 hours. The low is expected to meander over the southwestern Gulf of Mexico for the next day or so.

A federal judge in New Orleans has ruled that Louisiana must use the same coronavirus pandemic rules for the November and December elections that were used during the summer elections. Governor John Bel Edwards says what the judge is asking is not an undue burden…
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Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin received legislative approval for an election plan that rolled back many of the reasons on why a voter can receive an absentee ballot.

McNeese State is planning to resume the fall semester tomorrow even though Hurricane Laura produced 200-million dollars in damages to the campus. The classes will be held online and school president Daryl Burkel says if students do not have internet access…
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