530PM LRN Newscast June 27

The LSU board of supervisors has selected twelve innovations to support with grant money.  Kevin Barnhart tells us where some of the places funds are going.

Cut 1 (30) “I’m Kevin Barnhart”

Senator John Kennedy has sponsored an amendment to the Senate Farm Bill that would require SNAP program recipients to show a photo ID during a transaction. Kennedy says this is not a partisan issue.

cut 8 (13) “human principle”

Louisiana has seen gains in child well-being, but those gains could be reversed if an undercount of children takes place with the upcoming census.  The latest KIDS COUNT Data Book ranked Louisiana 49th in overall child well-being, despite improvements since 2010 in nine of the 16 measures tracked in the annual report. KIDS COUNT manager at Agenda for Children Teresa Falgoust says she’s concerned it may be tough to get accurate census data this year.

cut 9 (10)  “…from getting counted.”

A 17-year-old suspect is in custody in Morehouse Parish following arson allegations. Marquarious Williams fled to McKinney, Texas in 2017 after the incident at Bastrop high where he allegedly set set a fire in the bathroom in the after school hours. State Fire Marshal Butch Browning says his discovery was unexpected…

Cut 12 (08)   “…identified him”