6:30 LRN Newscast June 7

The 2022 regular legislative session ended Monday with 15-hundred dollar pay raises for teachers, historic investments in higher education, hundreds of millions of dollars for infrastructure improvements like a new Mississippi River Bridge in Baton Rouge, and coastal restoration projects. Governor John Bel Edwards says this was a great session for Louisiana…
cut 4 (09) “..world of difference”
And Edwards announced he will not veto the Fairness in Women’s Sports Act, instead, he’ll let the legislation become law without his signature. Erath Representative Blake Miguez, head of the House Republican Delegation, says this will help keep athletic competitions even….
cut 14 (11) “….extra support”
But legislators could return to the state capitol soon. A federal judge in Baton Rouge has ruled that legislators have to redraw a Congressional district map because it does not have two majority-minority districts. The ruling will be appealed.

LSU was on the wrong end of late-inning magic yesterday as its season ended with an 8-7 loss to Southern Miss in the championship game of the Hattiesburg Regional. Most Outstanding Player of the Regional Christopher Sargent scored the winning run in the ninth inning on a sacrifice fly as the Golden Eagles advanced to their first super regional.

The Southeastern Conference came calling to Baton Rouge during its search for a new chief medical adviser. David Grubb has more…
Cut 2 (36) “…I’m David Grubb.”