Law enforcement agencies participate this week in the “Buckle Up in Your Truck” campaign, an effort to get more drivers and passengers in pick up trucks to wear seat belts. Deputy Director of the Louisiana Highway Safety Commission Dortha Cummins says pickup truck drivers are particularly prone to not buckling up.
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Pickup trucks make up a quarter of the vehicles on Louisiana roadways.
A national reporter is criticizing LSU for a billboard that congratulates the school’s gymnastics team for finishing as national runner ups. Sports Business Reporter for the Action Network Darren Rovell tweeted strong words opposing the billboard, and did not back down when pressed about it on a Baton Rouge morning show…
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The state is hoping to get more students involved in the Ag industry by letting eligable two year college grads transfer directly to LSU’s College of Ag, and start as a junior. Louisiana Community and Technical College President Monty Sullivan says the 2+2 program will help get a wider range of skilled workers into the industry…
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Students need to have a 2.5 GPA, and an associate degree in certain fields of study.
A Senate Bill up consideration in the legislative session would allowing every junior and senior public high school students to take two college courses free of charge starting next school year. It’s an effort that has the support of Gov. John Bel Edwards. Higher Ed Commissioner Kim Hunter Reed says accsess can be scattershot…
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