10:30 LRN Newscast May 18

Governor John Bel Edwards has expanded the criteria for the Restore Louisiana Program where thousands of additional households could be eligible for disaster assistance. Teiko Foxx has more.

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If you needed to go to the Office of Motor Vehicles, you’re out of luck. There’s a statewide network outage that’s impacting all of the field offices today. when things will be restored is not known at this time. You can visit expresslane.org for an update.

The Louisiana House passes a bill to lower the threshold of signatures required in order to trigger a recall election. Bill sponsor and Covington Representative Paul Hollis says other states have passed similar legislation so citizens can feel they have more control when they grow dissatisfied with elected leaders…:

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The bill advances to a Senate committee.

It seems like alligator sightings at the beach are becoming the norm, but LDWF Alligator Program Manager Jeb Linscombe says it’s mating season and so they tend to roam. Just be aware of your surroundings and if you do encounter one, make sure you, children, the elderly, and pets are taken out of harm’s way.

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He says never feed one because then they will think it’s ok to approach you and that they are more afraid of you than you are of them.