Grambling State University has made history by opening Louisiana’s first digital library earlier today. Mel Bridges has more.
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The Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education has approved what Superintendent of Education Doctor Cade Brumley calls Let Teachers Teach policies. Brumley says one of the new policies will reduce dozens of non-academic trainings and lessons teachers have been required to repeat annually…
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New policies have also been approved that will result in disruptive students being removed from the classroom.

Baton Rouge Police have seized approximately 181 pounds of fentanyl as part of an investigation into the alleged drug trafficking operations involving 42-year-old Cendy Keophimanh (sen-dee kee-oh-fe-men). It’s believed to be the largest fentanyl seizure in Louisiana history, Lt. L’Jean Mckneely says the drugs seized in this investigation have the potential to save 42 million lives…
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The drugs were found in two different homes in Baton Rouge.

The World Health Organization declared monkeypox, or m-pox, a global health emergency as the disease ravages Africa. Tulane Epidemiology Professor Dr. Susan Hassig says mpox has spread quickly among African countries because of…
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Hassig says while mpox is a concern, it’s not likely to affect the U.S. or even tourists to Africa, since mpox spreads via intimate contact.