Legislation requiring all public school buses to have heating and air conditioning by 2032 fails to receive the support of the Louisiana House.
Cut 2 (34) “…I’m Brooke Thorington.”

Also at the capitol, the Louisiana Senate approves legislation that removes the requirement 16 and 17-year-old employees must take a break if their shift lasts more than five hours.

And the House approves a bill that classifies two drugs that induce abortions as dangerous controlled substances.

For the first time since 1803 two species of cicadas are emerging at the same time. One species every 17 years and another called, the Great Brood every 13 years. The problem is in 2011 there were no sightings for the Great Brood in Louisiana. LSU Ag Center Insect Diagnostician, Christopher Carlton says that could be due to a few reasons from migration to extinction in the area.
Cut 4 (07) “…reliable emergence.”
Carlton says they are asking the public to take pictures of cicadas and load them on an app called the I Naturalist so they can see if the Southern Brood is still in Louisiana.

Two conference baseball tournaments get underway today in Louisiana, one in Ruston, the other in Hammond as Southeastern Louisiana hosts the Southland Conference tournament. S-L-U A-D Jay Artigues says it’s a nice economic boost for Tangiaphoa Parish…
cut 13 (14) “…Hammond, America”