8:30 am Newscast

Through two weeks of the legislative session, the package of bills Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple is supporting to improve the state’s insurance market is getting support from lawmakers. Several of the bills focus on improving the state’s legal environment, which Temple says will bring more companies to the state and result in lower premiums…

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Voters in Caddo Parish will try today for a third time to elect a new Sheriff after the runoff ended in a one-vote margin that was contested last year. Political Analyst Scott Hughes says in-person voting jumped to 10,000.

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In DC Georgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene has filed a motion to remove US Speaker Mike Johnson. She says he betrayed House Republicans siding with President Biden on the $1.2 trillion government funding bill. And that’s not all. LSU Political Science Professor Robert Hogan… says to pass legislation Johnson has had to reach out to Democrats for bipartisan support and some Republicans don’t like that.

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The Port Hudson State Historic Site will host its annual reenactment of the Siege of Port Hudson today and tomorrow. Park manager, Daniel Goyer says actors dressed in Union and Confederate military uniforms will will stage the Battle of Port Hudson. And visitors will be able to see a piece of Louisiana’s history first hand.

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