7:30 AM LRN Newscast

Are early voting numbers a harbinger of things to come on Tuesday? Andrew Greenstein has some insight.

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A woman is dead in New Orleans East and police there are working to piece together what happened. The body of the victim was found last night just before 8:30 on Shindler Drive near Dwyer Road. We’re told the death is being investigated as a homicide.

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The death of a three-year-old girl in Carencro, has safety advocates calling for more vehicle safety features.  The little girl died when as she ran in front of a car in the parking lot of a restaurant.  Chloe Burke with the group Kids and Car Safety says vehicles need more camera views. And while many of them come equipped with braking that will automatically stop a vehicle when something’s in front of it, Burke says it’s not always effective.

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Four-billion dollars’ in repairs and maintenance is needed on Louisiana’s college campuses.  That’s according to a study conducted by a facility management consulting firm. Gordian has spent the last two years assessing the physical shape of Louisiana’s campus buildings. Higher Education Commissioner Kim Hunter Reed says it’s a significant backlog.

Cut 10 (05) “…just significant challenges.”