9:30 am Newscast

For the first time since the state has been trying attempting to update the congressional map, all sides agree the matter needs to be settled by the US Supreme Court. Brooke Thorington has more.

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The Louisiana Office of Juvenile Justice opened the new Swanson Center for Youth at Monroe this week. It’s a big step that demonstrates the state’s commitment to juvenile rehabilitation. The Tier 1 secure setting provides intensive rehabilitative service and can accommodate up to 72 youths in individualized rooms.

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The Third group of Louisiana National Guard Soldiers is in Texas assisting with border security and Governor Jeff Landry visited them on Thursday. Some Louisiana Lawmakers accompanied Landry on his visit to the Southern Border. Among them, Mandeville Representative Jay Galle says it’s not the Mexican government governing the south side of the border.

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The future of West Monroe’s Glenwood Regional Hospital is in jeopardy, after parent company Steward Health Care declared bankruptcy. Mayor Staci Mitchell Glenwood Regional needs to remain open because the two hospitals across the river in Monroe can’t handle the number of patients that need care.

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