11:30 LRN Newscast

It’s a new day in college athletics. Beginning today student-athletes can earn money from their name, image, and likeness and not endanger their eligibility. Taylor Sharp reports the NCAA has approved the big change…
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Industry analysts say LSU gymnast Olivia Dunne is in a position to bring in more cash than any other student-athlete because she has five million followers between Instagram and Tik Tok.

After a lengthy debate, the St. Tammany Parish Council voted to give St. Tammany voters an opportunity on November 13th to decide if they want a casino in Slidell.

Congressmen Mike Johnson and Clay Higgins along with other Republican lawmakers joined former President Donald Trump at the border yesterday calling for a return to Trump-era border policies. Johnson says there’s still a crisis at the border and He says President Trump’s appearance was necessary to draw attention to the situation.
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The Democratic National Committee says Trump’s border policies were cruel.

The man who redefined the office of lieutenant governor in the 1970s, Jimmy Fitzmorris Jr passed away Wednesday night. The New Orleans native was the state’s first full-time lieutenant governor. Ag Commissioner Mike Strain was friends with Fitzmorris and remembers him fondly.
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Fitzmorris was 99-years-old.