8:30 LRN newscast May 6

We’re a month away from the end of the 2019 regular session and there’s still several controversial topics left for lawmakers to tackle. Matt Doyle talked with a political analyst about what comes next…
Voicer 2 (30) “…I’m Matt Doyle”

Motown legend Diana Ross says she was violated by an airport screener at Louis Armstrong International Airport in New Orleans. In a series of tweets on Sunday, the singer says a T-S-A agent touched her between her legs and she can still feel it. The TSA says they reviewed the video and all protocols were followed correctly.
The House will hear a bill today that would allow minors to work eight straight hours without a break instead of the current five. Author of the bill, Shreveport Representative Raymond Crews says the current law discourages employers from hiring minors as the mandatory break can disrupt a fluid shift…
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The Louisiana AFL-CIO is against this legislation, because they say it could lead to minors not receiving breaks at all.

US Senator John Kennedy has joined with Attorney General Jeff Landry to help fundraise for a political action committee designed to get more conservative Republicans in the state legislature. Political analyst Bernie Pinsonat says left leaning lawmakers can’t be happy about this development…
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