4:30 LRN Newscast March 14

Baton Rouge Police have 45-year-old Derrick Perkins in custody and say he’s a Person Of Interest in the mysterious death of Georgia businessman Nathan Millard last month. BRPD Sgt. L’Jean McNeely says Perkins is accused of using Millard’s debit card at two convenience stores and he’s also accused of stealing a Toyota Camry that he was driving when those debit charges were made. The same car was found burned not far from where Millard’s body was found. The investigation is ongoing.

Louisiana’s longest-serving Insurance Commissioner, Jim Donelon, announces he’s not running for re-election. He’s run the Department of Insurance since 2006, and has been in state government for about 50 years…but he says the time has come to step away…:

Cut 4 (10)  “…new hobbies” 

Donelon is 78 years old. Tim Temple is now the only declared candidate for Insurance Commissioner.

Because the cost of insulin has risen from $20 a vial to anywhere between $300 and $700 since the 90s, Attorney General Jeff Landry is taking on manufacturers and pharmacy benefit managers.

Cut 9 (11) “…are charging folks.”

Landry hopes the lawsuit will result in patients being charged a reasonable $30 per vial of insulin.

Despite women being the majority of the state’s population – we are the minority in the Louisiana legislature. There are currently 23 in the House and five in the Senate. Chair of the Louisiana Legislative Women’s Caucus, Franklinton Senator Beth Mizell says one reason why is because women face larger challenges and more burdens than men…

Cut 8 (06)  “… we got.” 

Of the state legislature’s 144 seats only 28 are held by females.