7:30 A.M. Newscast LRN 02/23/2018

A Representative says it’s time to revisit a bill to allow school educators have guns on campus.  Kelley Ray has the details….

Cut 1 (31) “I’m Kelley Ray.”

Medicaid reform legislation was pulled from consideration in the House Health and Welfare Committee before it could be voted on, maintaining the special session’s current run of inaction. The bill would have implemented work requirements for Medicaid recipients. Opelousas Democrat Dustin Miller says the bill was mean spirited and wasteful.

Cut 10 (09) “help them”

Over the last few days, there have been numerous juveniles and in some cases young adults arrested in Louisiana for making false and some real threats to commit school violence.  Even though some of the teens have been charged with causing terror, legal analyst Tim Meche says a juvenile face’s more legal issues, depending on if a threat was followed through…

Cut 15 (10) “including jail.”

There are some big Louisiana Lottery winners that haven’t claimed their prizes, which are in some cases at least 50-thousand-dollars.  Lottery spokesperson Kim Chopin says they are seeking a winner who matched four of the five white ball numbers on September 2nd.

So what happens to the unclaimed lottery winnings?  Chopin says there are roughly between nine and 11-million-dollars in unclaimed money annually that can be won again…

Cut 8 (09) “one free.”