9:30 LRN Newscast

How to reverse the rise in auto insurance rates will be a focus of the regular session that begins in April. Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple says a lot of the issues with the auto insurance crisis can be traced to a lack of transparency with medical billing. Temple says there is a difference in what your medical provider billed and what your insurance provider paid, resulting in a net gain for an injured person in a wreck and an increased premium for the rest of us

Cut 14 (07) “…transparency to that.”

Professional wrestling’s biggest event will return to New Orleans next year. WWE announced that WrestleMania 42 will be held at the Superdome April 11th and 12th, 2026. Jay Cicero, the president and CEO of the Greater New Orleans Sports Foundation, says it’s another event that puts New Orleans in the global spotlight.

Cut 4 (08) “…upon and manage.”

It will be the third time New Orleans has hosted Wrestlemania in the last three years.

Louisiana is seeing an increase in whooping (HOO-ping) cough, a preventable respiratory illness which is spreading among children, with two reported deaths in the last six months….

Cut 2 (35) “…I’m Sean Richardson.”

Shreveport police say a man in his 30s was fatally shot as he was leaving for work this morning. Authorities say the victim was shot multiple times in the chest as he was getting into his car in the Southern Hills neighborhood. It’s unknown if the shooter was on foot or in a vehicle.