2:30 LRN Newscast October 26

The 2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season is not done with Louisiana as another storm is expected to make landfall in the Bayou State…
Cut 1 (30) “ I’m Jeff Palermo”

A longtime LSU season ticket holder says he was attacked and robbed at Tiger Stadium following the victory over South Carolina on Saturday. The victim’s daughter-in-law said in a Facebook post the attacker posed as a stadium worker before repeatedly hitting her father in law in the head when the two were alone in a restroom. The victim had his wallet stolen and suffered lacerations to his head. LSU says it’s police department is investigating.

The Republican-controlled House of Representatives has sent a petition to John Bel Edwards that they believe should result in the cancellation of the governor’s coronavirus restrictions. Governor Edwards refuses to cancel the order and he says if his order is overturned…
cut 13 (13) “…testing”
The courts will likely have to decide if the petition is enough to cancel the governor’s coronavirus emergency order.

If Constitutional Amendment Six on the November ballot passes it would allow homeowners with higher incomes to qualify for the property tax assessment freeze. Robert Travis Scott of the Public Affairs Research Council says this proposed consitutional change should be attractice for those 65 and older and whose income falls in between the current levels…
cut 7 (12) “….very popular”
The exemption would result in fewer tax dollars for local government.