1:30 LRN Newscast February 17

18-year old Jaden Michael Adroin faces first-degree and attempted murder charges after his alleged jealousy caused him to chase down two men who flirted with his girlfriend. Brooke Thorington explains.

Cut 2 (35)…I’m Brooke Thorington.”

California-based Origin Materials has committed to investing more than $750 million to develop a biomass manufacturing facility in Ascension Parish that will create more than 1000 new direct and indirect jobs. John Bissell, Co-CEO of Origin says the state’s workforce, infrastructure, and potential were major factors in choosing Louisiana.

A Baton Rouge lawmaker unloaded on his colleagues in the Louisiana House after his proposal to add a second majority-Black district to the state’s Supreme Court map was tabled without debate. Republican Barry Ivey says the Republican-led Legislature is maintaining the status quo in all the maps that are advancing and Ivey is frustrated…

Cut 4 (10) “…upset.”

In response, Alexandria Republican Lance Harris says life does not give you what you want, it gives you what you deserve.

The Louisiana Gaming Control Board is giving Pacific Peninsula Entertainment 60 more days to sell the closed DiamondJacks Casino in Bossier City. DiamondJacks shut its doors in May of 2020 and P-2-E attempted to build a new facility in Slidell, but St. Tammany Parish voters shot down that proposal in December. P-2-E has two months to sell Diamond Jacks or board member Julie Berry says they lose the license…

Cut 14 (10) “…this is it.”