08:30 LRN Newscast May 18th

Governor John Bel Edwards says every day it looks more and more likely we’ll need a special session after this fiscal session ends. Halen Doughty has more…
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Governor Edwards and a bipartisan group of legislators will take a tour of LSU’s Middleton Library this afternoon. The governor wants to show how buildings on college campuses are falling part, because of neglect. The 59-year-old building is set for destruction under the university’s master plan.

Louisiana’s LGBT community would be protected from workplace discrimination under a proposal heading to the Senate floor. New Orleans Senator Troy Carter says as an African American man, he hasn’t always been protected from discrimination under the law.
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The measure was approved on a 3-1 vote in Senate Labor.

U.S. Senator John Kennedy spoke on the Senate floor touting a Medicaid reform bill that he has filed. Kennedy says it requires adults between 18 to 55, that have no dependents and are not disabled, to work 20 hours a week, go to school or do community service to receive Medicaid.
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It’s unclear how much support this legislation has in Congress.