11:30 LRN Newscast

Congresswoman Julia Letlow has agreed to participate in a Republican Senate Primary debate, but incumbent Bill Cassidy does not like the setting. Letlow says she will participate in a debate on the Moon Griffon radio show on April 28th.  Political reporter for the Advocate and Nola.com, Tyler Bridges, says Griffon is an outspoken critic of Cassidy…

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Cassidy says the debates should be on TV for all of Louisiana to see.

A bill that makes it a felony to distribute A-I images of nude minors heads to the House floor.  The measure received unanimous support from the House Criminal Justice Committee. Joseph Daniels told the panel his daughter’s likeness was used as a pornographic deep fake, causing irreparable damage

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If the legislation becomes law, it will be known as the Ivy Daniels Act.

 

The Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority is backing a plan to spend 1.5-billion dollars on 143 projects across the state’s coast. Andre Champagne has the story.

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A Master Sergeant at the Louisiana State Penitentiary died this week in a car crash on the Angola grounds. Twenty-seven-year-old Tyler Grezaffi’s vehicle ran off the road and into a ditch full of water. She previously worked as a sheriff’s deputy with Pointe Coupee and Iberville parishes.