10:30 LRN Newscast October 8

Hurricane Delta is getting stronger and set to strike the southwestern coast of Louisiana on Friday as Calcasieu Parish is gearing up for another hurricane…
cut 2 (31) “…I’m Kevin Barnhart”

There are a couple of silver linings. The gulf waters are cooler near the coast and National Weather Service Meteorologist Ben Schott says the storm is moving quickly at 14 miles per hour…
cut 8 (08) “….through”

The House Education Committee heard from the family of Ka’Mauri Harrison yesterday as there’s a bill heading to the House floor that addresses his situation. Jefferson Parish schools suspended the fourth-grader for six days after he moved a BB gun during a virtual class. The legislation would create a protocol for disciplinary procedures related to online education. Ka’Mauri’s father Nyron Harrison…
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The state’s unemployment trust fund has no money left and Louisiana is now borrowing money from the federal government to pay fr unemployment checks. A hike in payroll taxes on businesses is needed to replenish the fund but Louisiana Workforce Commissioner Secretary Ava Dejoie says two weeks ago the governor issued an executive order suspending the solvency tax…
cut 5 (10) “…fund might occur”