2:30 LRN Newscast June 24

Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy says President Joe Biden supports a 1.2 trillion dollar infrastructure bill that will result in new bridges for Lake Charles and Baton Rouge. Cassidy has been working with Republicans and Democrats in the Senate and he says the legislation is great for Louisiana…
Cut 15 (08) “…progress”

Will state lawmakers return to Baton Rouge next month for an override veto session? House Speaker Clay Schexnayder would like to see the Legislature override the governor’s veto of a bill that prohibits transgender athletes from competing on female sports teams. Governor Edwards says the legislation is in search of a problem that does not exist. Schexnayder disagrees…
cut 5 (07) “….with it then”
If a majority of either chamber elects not to have a veto session, it’s canceled.

The skyline of downtown Lafayette could change as a developer wants to build a 20-story tower near the federal courthouse. Brooke Thorington has more on the 140-million dollar project
Cut 2 (31) …I’m Brooke Thorington.”

In Vermilion Parish, sheriff deputies arrested a man from Gueydan who is accused of killing his father. The Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s office says 29-year-old Anthony Caro was taken into custody last night. Deputies say Caro got into an altercation with his dad, Anthony Caro Junior, who died from a fatal gunshot.