9:30 LRN Newscast

Former President Donald Trump called Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy a total flake and one of the worst Senators in the United States during a rant last week on Truth Social. Cassidy points out he led Louisiana’s Congressional delegation by bringing in one-point-two billion dollars to Louisiana, two-point-four million is for a crime lab in New Orleans…
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The Louisiana House Labor Committee has once again shot down proposals to increase the minimum wage. Melissa Flournoy, chairperson of 10,000 women, says raising the minimum wage can improve the lives of working families…
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But Business groups say raising the minimum wage will have a negative impact on the economy.

If you’re looking for something to do this weekend you’ve got two festivals to choose from. The Ponchatoula Strawberry Festival and New Orleans French Quarter Festival. Teiko Foxx has more….
Cut 1 (31) “…I’m Teiko Foxx.”

Cleco says crews restored power to 75-hundred of its customers in Slidell during the over night hours. But 75-hundred customers in Slidell continue to be without electricity. An EF-2 tornado hit Slidell on Wednesday. An EF-1 tornado was confirmed in St. Landry Parish and about two-thousand Cleco customers are without power in Opelousas.