10:30 LRN Newscast

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

Legislation to enhance and change oversite of the state’s medical marijuana program went into effect this month. Houma Representative Tanner Magee’s bill allows existing marijuana licensed pharmacies to have satellite pharmacies so the product is more accessible for those with cannabis prescriptions.
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Instead of the State Department of Agriculture regulating medical marijuana, oversite is transferred to the Louisiana Department of Health.

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

Noodling is now legal in Louisiana thanks to a law authored by Jonesboro Representative Jack McFarland. Noodling is fishing with your bare hands and McFarland wrote the law to make sure it’s legal…
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It can be a dangerous sport as many times your sticking your hand into a muddy hole to catch a catfish.