12:30 LRN Newscast Jan 18

Mandeville Representative Richard Nelson declared his candidacy for governor today. Among the five candidates, he’s also the youngest at 36. A proponent of tax reform and elementary education he also authored a bill in 2021 to legalize the recreational use of marijuana, even though he’s never used it…

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2022 saw record-breaking high rents. Jonas Bordo, co-founder of renters’ resource website “Dwellsy.com,” says rentals in New Orleans and Baton Rouge, 2 and 3 bedroom homes are up as much as 20-percent. He says rentals tend to be lower the farther one gets away from I-10.

Cut 12 (11) “…about $950 there.”

The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries has discovered five additional suspected cases of chronic wasting disease in deer in Tensas Parish. Kace Kieschnick has the story…

Cut 2 (33)  “…I’m Kace Kieschnick.”