12:30 LRN Newscast June 15

A special session to redraw a Congressional district map that would have two majority-minority districts begins today. The session is scheduled to go until Monday, but state representative Mandie Landry, a Democrat from New Orleans, says many Republicans would prefer to wait on a federal appeals court to rule on the legality of the map approved in February that has one Black majority district…
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Governor John Bel Edwards has signed into law legislation that would make property owners more aware of their hurricane, named storm, wind, and hail deductibles. Eric Holl, executive director of the consumer advocacy group Real Reform Louisiana, says many policyholders don’t even know they exist…
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Holl says insurance providers will likely start asking you to fill out a form to make you aware of any kind of named storm deductible.

RSV cases in children are on the rise again, for the second summer in a row. Brooke Thorington has more.
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