8:30 LRN Newscast

Last week, Shreveport Republican Senator Alan Seabaugh took to the airwaves to rip Governor Landry. Now, the governor has responded. Andrew Greenstein reports.

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Louisiana Democrats have said as many as 33 rural hospitals will close because of President Trump’s tax and spending bill that makes cuts to Medicaid. But Jeff Reynolds, executive director of the Louisiana Rural Hospital Coalition, says…

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Louisiana officials say LA Wallet can be used as a substitute to your physical driver’s license at any TSA checkpoint in the country. Governor Jeff Landry says the Transportation and Security Administration has certified LA wallet complies with federal requirements, allowing Louisiana residents to present LA Wallet at TSA security checkpoints, federal buildings and courthouses…

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Louisiana National Guard’s Training Center in Pineville is once again called Camp Beauregard. The installation was previously named after a Confederate General and the facility’s name was changed in 2022. Now the facility will honor

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That’s Lt. Colonel Noel Collins, who says Captain Beauregard fought with the Third Regiment of the Louisiana Militia against the British Army in the Battle of New Orleans in 1815.