6:30 LRN Newscast June 6

The 2022 legislative session comes to a close today. Council for a Better Louisiana President Barry Erwin says the budget is the most impactful legislation passed, as hundreds of millions of dollars in surplus money and federal aid is set to be used on major projects…
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Yesterday, the Louisiana Legislature sent a bill to the governor’s desk that will ban abortions if the Supreme Court overrules Roe versus Wade which is expected to happen.

An LSU Health New Orleans study shows significant promise with ultraviolent light therapy in hospitalized COVID patients. Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery Dr. Frank Lau says while studies show vitamin D is effective in treating COVID, taking it in pill form is not beneficial, however, increasing one’s vitamin D levels with specialized light therapy does.
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Lau says they are seeing positive results within two to four days of treatment.

The effort to save Grand Isle from coastal erosion gets a $122-million boost. David Grubb has more…
Cut 3 (33) “…I’m David Grubb.”