2:30 LRN Newscast May 29

The St. Augustine Marching 100 will head to Normandy, France next week for a special performance for the 80th anniversary of D-Day. Sean Richardson has more…

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This could be the final week of Governor Jeff Landry’s final legislative session, which must wrap up by 6 PM on June 3rd. Political analyst Bernie Pinsonat says these next few days will determine the final tally on Landry’s overall accomplishments with his first session…

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The Senate Governmental Affairs Committee met today for what was likely the final time during this legislative session, and the panel never took up the House-approved constitutional convention bill. Chairman and Baton Rouge senator Cleo Fields says Senators disagree on the need for a constitutional convention…

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Governor Landry was pushing a constitutional convention so lawmakers and a group of appointed delegates can remove items out of the constitution and put them into state law to provide more flexibility where there are budget deficits.

The 18-year-old Ruston woman who was killed Saturday in a drive-by shooting has been identified. Police say Haleei (Haley) Newton, who graduated from Ruston High School last Tuesday, was shot and killed as she and a male friend traveled eastbound on I-20 between the Tarbutton Road interchange and Tech Drive just after midnight Saturday morning. Ruston Police Chief Steve Rogers says one of the rounds entered the trunk and struck Newton. The male passenger was uninjured and steered her car off the road. Police have not yet identified a suspect.