12:30 LRN Newscast April 23

Legislation to remove nitrogen hypoxia as a means of execution passes in the Senate after two votes. Monroe Representative Katrina Jackson-Andrews says members of the Jewish community asked her to sponsor the bill because of its connection with the Holocaust.

Cut 11 (12) “…by mistake.”

The first vote was tied then it passed on a 22-16 vote and advances to the House.

After 46 years in prison for the murders of three gay men in New Orleans, at the age of 16, Warren Harris Junior has been granted parole. Parole board member Jerrie Ledoux told Harris she read his file several times and while some things still concerned her…

Cut 24 (08) “…grant parole.” 

Phase One of Entergy’s one-point two-billion-dollar Grid Resilience Plan gets the green light from the Public Service Commission. Colleen Crain has more.

Cut 1 (33) “…I’m Colleen Crain.”