The Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness is watching Tropical Storm Danny in the Atlantic as it moves toward the Caribbean. Scott Carwile reports…:
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Republican David Vitter will finally be hitting the television airwaves with ads in his bid for Louisiana governor. Campaign spokesman Luke Bolar says the 30 second TV commercials will run across the state starting Thursday. So far, of the four major candidates, Republican Scott Angelle has been running the most commercials with the others doing little to no advertising. The primary election is October 24th.

According to a study by WalletHub, Lafayette is the 9th least educated city out of 150 of the largest US metropolitan statistical areas. In the 2015 Most & Least Educated Cities report, WalletHub says about 20% of adults in Lafayette hold a college degree. UL-Lafayette’s vice president for enrollment DeWayne Bowie says they are always looking at new ways to ramp up recruitment efforts…:
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He believes, Louisiana’s high poverty rate and low education rate go hand and hand.

The first of six public hearings of the Standards Review Committee on whether or not changes should be made to Common Core is underway in Baton Rouge. Regina Sanders has been selected to chair the committee that’s made up of teachers, principals and others…:
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