6:30 LRN Newscast June 17

The Biden Administration is interested in potentially having companies set up wind turbines in the shallow waters off the Gulf of Mexico coast….
Cut 3 (27) “…I’m Matt Doyle.”

LSU has reinstated Doctor G-E Ghali as the chancellor of the university’s medical school in Shreveport. He was suspended for two months after four women accused Ghali of sexual misconduct. Ghali said in a statement that an outside investigation cleared him of wrongdoing. An attorney representing the four who women filed the complaints said something is truly rotten in Louisiana and at LSU.

Today at 2:30, Governor Edwards will announce COVID-19 vaccine incentives in an effort to increase the number of people vaccinated against the virus. Edwards teased the announcement during his monthly radio show Ask the Governor.
Cut 10 (08) “…to promote vaccinations.”
One-point-five million people are fully vaccinated in Louisiana, which represents 33-percent of the population, one of the lowest percentages in the country.

If you’re planning on buying an electric vehicle in hopes of receiving a tax credit you better make that purchase in the next two weeks. Louisiana Clean Fuels Co-Coordinator Tyler Hermann says the legislature passed a bill that accelerates the sunset date of a $2,500 tax credit for the purchase of an alternative fuel vehicle.
Cut 4 (06) “…from now.”
The original date was January 1, 2022.