6:30 LRN Newscast 01/27/21

The Biden Administration is expected to issue a yearlong moratorium on new oil and gas drilling licenses for federal lands and waters.
Senator Bill Cassidy blasted the move. He says it will destroy Louisiana jobs and not help solve the world’s greenhouse gas emission problem.
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Today marks five months since Hurricane Laura made landfall in southwest Louisiana causing massive damage and the rebuild is far from complete. Governor John Bel Edwards says he’s asked President Joe Biden and Congress to approve an additional three-billion dollars in assistance
Cut 7 (11) “…agricultural losses.”
Boating related incidents and fatalities increased by 20-percent in 2020, Brooke Thorington spoke with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries about the increase.
Cut 3 (31) “…I’m Brooke Thorington.”