LRN 9:30 Newscast

Governor Landry is holding a press conference this morning to discuss tax reform. Political analyst Bernie Pinsonat says the administration’s goal is to simplify the state’s tax code

Cut 4 (14) “…state income tax.”

Rolling Stone magazine is out with an in-depth article profiling Governor Landry. Author Lorena O’Neil refers to Landry as the most extreme governor in the country. It’s a description that ULM Political Science Professor Joshua Stockley would stop short of.

Cut 14 (13) “…his conservatism? Absolutely.”

O’Neil says if Trump wins the election next month, he may ask Landry to join his cabinet.

A traveler reported a suspicious looking rolled up tarp on Hwy 51 in Northern Tangipahoa Parish Sunday which led authorities to a grisly discovery. Colleen Crain has the story…

Cut 2 (35) “…I’m Colleen Crain.”

Union dockworkers hit the picket lines early this morning, including those at the Port of New Orleans. The International Longshoremen’s Association is demanding better pay for workers and a complete ban on automated cranes, gates and container-moving trucks. Some 25-thousand workers at 36 ports, including New Orleans, have walked off the job.