3:30 LRN Newscast May 04

Breaux Bridge Representative Mike Huval is having a hard time connecting with House colleagues on his bill to ban the use of a handheld cellphone with driving. Michelle Southern has the story…:

CUT 01(30)      “…Michelle Southern.”

Did you file your taxes using TurboTax? Intuit software has agreed to pay customers back over $141-million for misleading claims their tax service was free. Plaintiffs’ attorneys say Intuit TurboTax’s “Free. Free. Free” ad campaign was actually NOT free. If you used them, you should get your filing fee sent back to you; that’s usually around $30.

 

Folks are reacting to a leaked U.S. Supreme Court opinion brief indicating 5-to-4 support for overturning the 1973 Roe versus Wade abortion rights ruling. Jessica Frankel, with the Louisiana Coalition for Reproductive Freedom, says tossing Roe v. Wade goes against public opinion…:

CUT 12(10)      “…abortion is OK.”

A recent LSU poll found that 49-percent of Louisiana residents think abortion should be illegal, while 46-percent say the opposite. U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy says he’s more concerned with the fact that an internal Supreme Court document was leaked…:

CUT 15(07)      “…institutions of government.”

At the Capitol, a bill that would make abortion a crime of murder, and punish the mother and anyone assisting, passes the House Criminal Justice Committee by a 7-to-2 vote. The bill would not require the repeal of Roe V. Wade to trigger. It moves forward to the House floor.