12:30 LRN Newscast

A bill that would double speeding fines along the 18-mile I-10 Atchafalaya Basin Bridge clears the Senate Transportation committee. The measure also allows using cameras to catch speeders. DOTD Secretary Shawn Wilson is in support…:
CUT 30 (09) “…it slows you down.”
The legislation also calls for an increase in speed limit signs on the bridge

A bill that’s been approved by the full Senate would allow teachers who have been retired for more than a year to return to the classroom to help address a shortage of teachers. Senate Education Chairman Cleo Fields says local school districts would have to identify a critical shortage before making that hire…
cut 10 (10) “…special education”
The bill heads to the House.

Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon cracks down on negligent providers following the 2020 hurricanes. David Grubb has more…
Cut 2 (35)…I’m David Grubb.”

It’s Good Friday, the start of an Easter weekend filled with crawfish boils. LSU AgCenter aquaculture professor Doctor Greg Lutz…
cut 7 (12) “….and prettier”