7:30 LRN Newscast June 30

The special session ends at 6 PM today and lawmakers are still scrambling to pass a tort reform bill aimed at lowering auto insurance rates…
Cut 1 (31) “I’m Matt Doyle”

Jefferson Parish president Cynthia Lee Sheng says starting tomorrow everyone inside a business, must wear a mask or face covering. New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell says she’ll shut down grocery stores who don’t require masks. And if you are heading to Florida for the Fourth of July holiday, several beaches are closed.

Louisisana released a jobs report for May and it shows that 320-thousand residents were receiving unemployment benefits. Now there’s word that the trust fund the state uses to pay out unemployment could run dry in 14 weeks. Louisiana Workforce Commission executive director Ava Dejoie…
cut 8 (12) “…is what’s left”
If the state runs out, they’ll have to borrow from the federal government, like other states do.

The C-D-C is now saying pregnant women are more likely to become seriously ill from COVID-19 than women who are not expecting. But CEO of LSU’s Healthcare Services Division, Doctor Rebekah Gee says pregnant women are no more likely to die from the virus…
cut 10 (09) “….are not pregnant”