In the upcoming May 16th closed primary you can only vote for the party you’re registered with. If you have no party affiliation, you can choose either ballot but if there’s a run-off in June, Secretary of State Nancy Landry says if you vote in one party primary in May, you can’t switch to the other in June.
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Higher Education Commissioner Kim Hunter Reed says higher ed is 869-million dollars short of being fully funded. And that’s despite the closure of hundreds of programs. She says there are several reasons regional schools are struggling — inflation and enrollment dips can throw off their budgets.
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Tomorrow’s hearing in the U-L system’s lawsuit against Conference USA is cancelled. Here’s the latest in Louisiana Tech’s quest to leave Conference USA for the Sun Belt.
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Louisiana is the third best state to be a doctor says a report by Wallet Hub. The states were ranked on 19 metrics, including average annual salaries, the number of hospitals per capita and the quality of public hospital systems. Another metric is projected supply of physicians by 2032.