7:30 LRN Newscast August 3

The Louisiana Department of Health has released a list of medical exemptions that would allow for the termination of a pregnancy under the state’s abortion ban. But Cecilia Gambala with the Tulane University Medical School is surprised certain medical exemptions are not listed like the permature eruption of membranes, which results in a stillbirth. Gambala says deficiencies in the abortion law can be corrected by amending the law in the next legislative session…
cut 15 (03) “….happy to testify”

The state’s Workforce Commission launches its “Tech Ready Louisiana” program, which will provide free access to five-thousand courses for Louisianians to help them develop new skills and increase career readiness…
cut 10 (10) “…as well”
LWC Secretary Ava Cates says learners can earn a certificate in six months and work around their busy schedule.

There’s been a stunning development in the Shreveport Mayoral race, the incumbent, Adrian Perkins, has been disqualified. Kevin Gallagher tells us why…
cut 2 (31) “….I’m Kevin Gallagher’

Hundreds of new state laws went into effect this week. One of them makes noodling legal. Jonesboro Representative Jack McFarland wrote the state’s noodling law…
cut 4 (11) “…hand grabbing”
McFarland says noodling has become popular thanks to YouTube and social media posts.