13:30 Newscast, July 27th, 2017

East Baton Rouge Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome calls comments made at last night’s Metro Council meeting hateful, offensive, and unacceptable….:
Cut 2 (29) “I’m Jeff Palermo”

The State Department of Education announces more than 6500 high school students earned college credit qualifying scores on AP exams in 2017, which is up 10 percent from last year. Superintendent of Education John White:
Cut 13 (09) “five years”

A vote from the Public Service Commission means Entergy Louisiana customers will have upgraded meters by 2021. Spokesperson Greg Guilbeau says customers should not see a noticeable interruption in service..:
Cut 3 (09) “the new meter”
Benefits of the new meters include customers getting more detailed information about energy consumption.

New ULM athletics director Nick Floyd laid out his vision for Warhawk athletics today during his introductory press conference. He takes over a program that is known as the lowest funded in the country out of the 128 FBS schools. He says fiscal responsibility is just the nature of the business…:
Cut 4 (12) “manner possible”