LRN Newscast 07:30 Sept 17

Governor Bobby Jindal kept on attacking the Republican presidential front-runner, Donald Trump, in a CNN debate that featured three other GOP candidates. Jindal says he has no problems violating former President Ronald Reagan’s “11th commandment” which prohibits attacks on fellow Republicans…
cut 13 (10) “…Donald Trump”
The next Republican debate is October 28th.

Seven parish leaders in southeast Louisiana want the next governor to secure funds to build a commuter rail line between New Orleans and Baton Rouge. Kristen Palmer, chairwoman of the Louisiana Super Region Authority, says passenger rail service can give residents better access to jobs….
cut 7 (08) “…settle here”
The Southern Rail Commission will present funding options to the gubernatorial candidates.

The new president of the Louisiana Film and Entertainment Association says the 180-million dollar cap on film tax credits is sending movie productions and jobs to Georgia. Robert Vosbein says they’ll lobby the next legislature to raise the cap or remove it completely…
cut 6 (10) “…oil and gas”
Vosbein was recently named president of the L-F-E-A, taking over for Will French.

A social media expert at LSU says it’s a good thing Facebook is looking at adding a “dislike” button. Professor Jensen Moore says if someone posts that their pet died, you could use the dislike button to show your condolences…
cut 11 (10) “…hit the button”
The co-founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg previously stated that he didn’t want Facebook to be an avenue people to be negative, which is why there’s been a “Dislike” option before.