11:30 LRN Newscast

Louisiana has not executed anyone since 2010 but Governor Jeff Landry will push for legislators to find new ways to carry out executions in next month’s special session. Landry says the session will focus on crime and highlight the suffering of victims’ families whose killers remain on death row.
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The state has had trouble obtaining the drugs to carry out executions, but Alabama just carried out the first known execution with nitrogen gas.

Governor Landry’s K-12 Education Policy has released its recommendations for improving public education. Erin Bendily with the Pelican Institute for Public Policy served on that committee and she says one of their recommendations is to expand school choice…
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Bendily says there are options to traditional public schools, including home schooling, charter schools and micro schools, which are smaller schools loosely structured with private schools.

Kansas City is in the Super Bowl for the fourth time in five years and former Minden High and Louisiana Tech star L’Jarius Sneed made a huge play for the Chiefs in the third quarter. Sneed forced a fumble as Ravens receiver Zay Flowers was reaching for the end zone…
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The Chiefs will face the San Francisco 49ers in the Super Bowl on February 11th.

Several LSU athletes are doing very well when it comes to money earned through name, image and likeness deals. Prime Video is producing a docuseries that showcases how Jayden Daniels, Angel Reese. Flau’jae Johnson and Olivia Dunne are dealing with N-I-L…
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Worsham expects the docu-series will be available for streaming on Prime Video late summer or early fall.