9:30 LRN Newscast Feb 28

Is it time for Louisiana to eliminate the death penalty? David Grubb has more.

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A tweet from Congressman Clay Higgins went viral Sunday when he posted “You millennial leftists who never lived one day under nuclear threat can now reflect upon your woke sky. You made quite a non-binary fuss to save the world from intercontinental ballistic tweets.” Dictionary.com responded, “We’re not entirely sure what this tweet is supposed to mean and we’re literally the dictionary.”

 

Louisiana will receive $29 million from the Biden Administration in an effort to close the digital divide and improve high-speed internet access for rural communities. Deputy Commerce Secretary Don Graves says the President has made solving this issue a priority, calling it an injustice.

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The Humane Society of Louisiana is looking for homes for the remaining “Mardi Gras Horses.” HSLA director Jeff Dorson says extra horses are purchased annually to fill the need for carnival parades and after the parades, they need a home and in the last 5 years they’ve found them for every single horse, but it takes a lot of work from dedicated volunteers…:

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Search Mardi Gras Horses on Facebook for more information.