Higher Education leaders plead with legislators not to cut state funding to Louisiana colleges. Jeff Palermo has the story…:
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According to a new study, Louisiana is ranked the worst state in the country for distracted driving. The 2016-2017 safe driving report by the car insurance comparison website EverQuote, found roughly 45 percent of all trips in the Bayou State include phone use.

The on-demand food delivery app, Waitr, recently added a web ordering option and restaurants are already benefiting. Chief Marketing Officer for Waitr, Sonny Mayugba (My-ou-ba), says they received feedback from consumers and restaurants urging the company to develop Waitr-app-dot-com
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Waitr was founded in Lake Charles in 2015 and over 2-thousand restaurants partner with the company.

ULM researchers are working to develop treatments for cancer and Alzheimer’s from a compound found in extra virgin olive oil. Dr. Amal Kaddoumi, whose research focuses on Alzheimer’s, says she is seeing good results from the initial tests….:
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She says they believe this compound could one day be used to treat and even prevent Alzheimer’s and different types of cancer.