8:30 LRN Newscast

Several lawsuits have been filed trying to stop the Biden Administration from going through with its plan to cancel federal student loan debt. Nearly 22-million borrowers applied for loan forgiveness in the week since the application opened. One of the lawsuits against the program is based in Louisiana. Pelican Institute’s special counsel James Baehr says such a program should have received Congressional approval…
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It’s been five years since a package of state criminal justice reform laws went into effect. The legislation lowered the state’s prison population, which allowed the state to re-invest that money elsewhere. The governor’s communications director Lauren Leist says today the governor will visit an organization in Lafayette that helps domestic violence victims and he has more events planned later this week…
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Early Voting for the November 8th election ends tomorrow, and we offer a closer look at Constitutional Amendment eight on the ballot. Kevin Gallagher has more…
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It’s LSU-Alabama week and the Tigers are 13 point underdogs. Former LSU Tiger and ESPN analyst Marcus Spears believes the Bayou Bengals can keep it close because of their quarterback play…
cut 19 (14) “…have a chance”
Kick-off on Saturday is at 6 PM.