11:30 LRN Newscast April 5

A toddler drowned in north Caddo Parish on Monday morning. Caddo Parish Sheriff’s office spokesperson Bia Roldan says the two-year-old’s mother found the little boy in Black Bayou Lake in the Hosston community after realizing the child had wandered away from his house. Rolan says Youth Services detectives and crime scene investigators are trying to determine what happened.

Cut 14 (09)  “…for there.”
In the House Commerce Committee this morning, lawmakers were set to consider a bill to would allow a pet’s remains to be buried alongside their owners in a cemetery. Minden Representative Wayne McMahen says he’s receiving overwhelmingly positive feedback about the legislation and even a stranger approached him at the capitol about the bill…

Cut 12 (06) “…way overdue.”

The bill was scheduled to be heard in House Commerce this morning however it was not.

The federal government launches a grant program; aimed at making schools and school buses cleaner and safer for kids…:

Cut 2 (33) “…I’m Kevin Gallagher.” 
Louisiana’s U.S. Senators will vote against the confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court. John Kennedy says he finds Judge Jackson smart, well-versed in the law, but failed to say anything of substance when it came to critical questions…:

CUT 26(07) “…judicial restraint.”
Senator Bill Cassidy says he is also a “no” vote for Jackson.