10:30 LRN Newscast Oct 31

Early voting ends tomorrow and Public Affairs Research Council (PAR) President Steven Procopio says Amendment 8 would freeze property value assessment for disabled persons. And while PAR does not recommend how one should vote but does offer information to help make that decision. He says you can always read more on their website…:

Cut 15 (09)  “…December amendments.”

 

Governor John Bel Edwards will hold a series of events this week to mark the five-year anniversary of bipartisan criminal justice reforms becoming law. governor’s communications director Lauren Leist (least) says ten criminal justice reform bills were approved during the 2017 regular session and many of those bills went into effect five years ago on November 1st…

Cut 12 (12) “…made a difference.” 

The Pelican Institute for Public Policy has filed a lawsuit against the Biden Administration on behalf of Louisiana Attorney Tommy Badeaux (bad-oh) claiming student loan debt cancellation is illegal. Pelican Institute’s special counsel James Baehr…

Cut 7 (11) “…are designed.”
The Biden administration says the 2003 Heroes Act gives them the authority to forgive student loans during a national emergency and the U-S Department of Education points to the COVID pandemic as that emergency.

And because it’s Halloween Louisiana State Police want to remind parents to map out your route before you go trick-or-treating tonight. Trooper Javier Leija says it’s against the law for sex offenders to participate in Halloween activities and you can check LSP-dot-org for offenders’ homes on your route.

Cut 6 (08)  “…your area.”