10:30 LRN Newscast July 8

A hearing will be held in a New Orleans courtroom today to decide if the temporary restraining order banning abortion laws will be lifted or not. On Wednesday the State Supreme Court declined to hear a petition to remove the restraining order from Attorney General Jeff Landry. Loyola University law professor Dane Ciolino….

Cut 5 (08) “…law anyway.”

Ciolino expects the restraining order to be overturned today and that the abortion ban will go into effect.

The first case of monkeypox has been detected in Louisiana. State Health Officer Dr. Joe Kanter says it’s not expected to reach pandemic levels. Symptoms include a rash that looks like pimples or blisters, fever, headache, body aches, and exhaustion.

Cut 12 (09) “…rarely fatal.” 

Many school districts across the state are facing teacher shortage. Louisiana Association of School Superintendents Executive Director Michael Faulk says school systems with bigger budgets are offering recruitment incentives, but despite best efforts it appears many teachers will just have to instruct larger-sized classes this fall.

Cut 9 (06)  “…shortages we have.”

State Wildlife & Fisheries agents cited a dozen people for operating a boat while impaired over the July 4th Weekend. LDWF spokesman Adam Einck says agents are trained to spot things like unsafe piloting, overloaded vessels and more. Agents will often conduct random inspections which led to many of last weekend’s arrests…:

Cut 15 (09)  “…is not impaired.”

A DUI on the water can also cause you to lose driving privileges on land.