11:30 LRN Newscasts May 1st

Two people are dead after a private plane crashed in a field in Morehouse Parish. Sheriff Mike Tubbs says the National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration will conduct an investigation into what caused the crash….
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Tubbs says the identities of the victims have not been released.

The House Ways and Means Committee is scheduled to hear a bill today that would place a flat corporate income tax of 2-percent on the profits of businesses. Emelie Gunn has more…
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President Donald Trump has now been in office for over 100 days, so has his time in the oval office impacted Louisiana? ULM Political Science Professor Joshua Stockley says not many policy changes have been made, but the President is finding that the federal process is slow:
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A poll released about a month ago, found that a majority of Lousiaina residents still support Mr. Trump. He received 58-percent of the vote last November.

Rising waters are a concern today in Evangeline Parish, as flooding from that weekend storm system hit at least two towns hard. Director of the Evangeline Office of Emergency Preparedness, Liz Hill says the city of Mamou sustained extensive damage.
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The city of Mamou is enforcing a curfew from dusk till dawn.