10:30 LRN Newscast April 4th

A University of New Orleans survey finds President Trump has a much higher approval rating in Louisiana than he does nationwide…
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The latest installment from the Louisiana Survey ouf of LSU’s Public Policy Research Lab finds there’s strong, broad support for reforming the state’s criminal justice system. The poll found that a large majority of respondents support shorter sentences for people convicted of non-violent crimes and more alternatives to prison.

Recovery efforts continue from the severe weather that damaged property and killed two people in St. Martin Parish. Mike Steele, with the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, says preliminary damage assessment teams will survey the destruction…:
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The National Weather Service confirms there were 4 tornadoes Sunday in Rapides Parish.

The personal finance website Wallethub has determined Louisiana is the second most stressed out state. LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine professor of pyschiatry, Michele Many (Main-ee), says finances creates stress. And Many says the situation gets worse when a person doesn’t treat their stress level…
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Alabama was ranked as the most stressed out state.