The Washington Post is reporting the White House has plans to send as many as one-thousand National Guard troops to various cities in Louisiana. Reaction to the possibility is mixed. Andrew Greenstein reports.

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US Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy has appointed a Baton Rouge physician to a vaccine panel that recommends vaccination policies to the C-D-C. Doctor Evelyn Griffin has expressed concerns about the Covid vaccine and questioned the need for inoculations for children.

The newly created Office of Louisiana Highway Construction is working to repair 62 bridges in rural areas across the state that are in poor condition. The legislature used 100-million dollars from the state’s Rainy Day Fund to pay for the bridge replacement program. These are relatively small bridges, no more than 150-feet long, but director of the Office of Louisiana Highway Construction Archie Chaisson says they are in poor condition, and have weight limits or closed to all traffic, which means detours…

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Chaisson says the plan is to repair these 62 bridges by the end of 2026.

Enrollment at LSU-Alexandria is just under 77-hundred students as enrollment has more than doubled since 2019. Vice chancellor for enrollment and student engagement, Abbey Bain on what’s attracting students to their campus…

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