LRN Newscast 14:30 04-01-15

Governor Bobby Jindal is moving closer towards a run for the White House, as he sends two staff members up to Iowa. The polling numbers show Jindal in the single digits, and LaPolitics-dot-com Publisher Jeremy Alford says no eventual president has polled below 15-percent at this stage and been successful with the exception of Bill Clinton…
CUT 4 (10) “comeback kid”

Even though Louisiana has the highest incarceration rate in the nation, the prison population is actually going down for the first time in years. Secretary of Corrections Jimmy LeBlanc told the House Appropriations Committee the drop of almost 3 thousand inmates in 2012 indicates what they are doing to keep people from coming back to prison AFTER they leave is working…:
CUT 8 (05) Q: ‘good things’
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New Orleans Police say they’ve arrested a suspect in the killing of a Dominos pizza delivery driver…
CUT 2 (30) “reporting”

In Donaldsonville, a nine year-old has been reportedly shot while sleeping in his bed this morning. Ascension Parish Sheriff’s Department says multiple rounds were fired into the house on St. Patrick Street, but the injuries to little boy do not appear to be life threatening. He’s in the hospital, and shooter is still at large. If you have information, call Crimestoppers at 225-344-STOP.