06:30 LRN Newscast, July 19th

Louisiana lawmakers have succeeded in overriding the governor’s veto of a bill that bans doctors from performing a medical procedure that attempts to alter the biological sex of a minor. Pollock Representative Gabe Firment has called the bill the “Stop Harming Our Kids Act”:
Cut 13 (13) “gender dysphoria”
Governor John Bel Edwards issued a statement saying this is just the 2nd time he’s had a veto overridden and the first time the courts threw out the law, and he expects the same thing will happen with this bill.

The Office of State Parks has kicked off a new pilot recycling program. Bins will be placed at various parks to collect cans and plastic bottles. Pontchartrain Conservancy Executive Director Kristi Trail:
Cut 10 (09) “better use”

After arresting 42-year-old Janice Frazier in the shooting death of her boyfriend, Baton Rouge Police tell Teiko Foxx the suspect is connected to another unsolved murder of the woman’s ex…:
Cut 2 (32) “…I’m Teiko Foxx”

The Powerball drawing tonight is worth an estimated $1 Billion Dollars which is the third largest jackpot in history.