8:30 LRN Newscast May 4

The Louisiana House approves a bill that would expand the state’s medical-marijuana program so patients can use the smokeable form. Currently, medical marijuana is only available in oils, pills, liquids, topical applications, and as an inhaler. Houma Representative Tanner Magee says the smokeable form is cheaper…
cut 12 (13) “….currently available”
The measure heads to the Senate for more debate.

SafeSource Direct is investing 150-million dollars to construct two facilities, one in Lafayette, the other in St. Martin Parish, that will produce personal protective equipment. State Economic Development Secretary Don Pierson says P-P-E plays a vital role…
cut 13 (08) “…the globe”
The new PPE production facilities are expected to employ 12-hundred people.

New Orleans and Company, the marketing firm that represents the city, will host a job fair tomorrow at the Morial Convention Center that will feature 100 employers looking for workers in the hospitality industry. New Orleans and Company spokesperson Kelly Schulz says with the tourism industry gradually reopening, jobs at all levels are available…
cut 5 (07) “….benefit packages”
Job seekers are encouraged to pre-register at new-orleans-dot-com-slash-jobs.

Trina Edwards, the wife of former four-term governor Edwin Edwards, tells the podcast “Only in Louisiana” that her 93-year-old husband is now confined to a wheelchair. Trina says the Cajun Prince is not experiencing any major health issues, but she says taking care of a person in a wheelchair is hard work…
cut 8 (06) “….lot worse”