Memory and witness identification experts will now be allowed to testify in criminal trials in Louisiana. Matt Doyle has the story.
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LSU scientists estimate the 2019 Dead Zone in the northern Gulf of Mexico will be the second largest since measurements began in 1985. The dead zone is a low oxygen area in the Gulf that threatens living resources, like fish, shrimp and crabs. Agricultural practices in the Midwest created the dead zone some 50 years ago.

Legislation awaiting the governor’s signature calls on college campuses and student organizations to immediately report hazing incidents or face strong penalties. Lafayette Representative Nancy Landry’s legislation would allow campus police to investigate off-campus hazing allegations…
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The measure also requires universities to document in writing each step taken when they respond to a hazing complaint.

The budget that’s heading to the governor’s desk contains 47-million dollars more for public colleges and universities than the current fiscal year. Higher Ed Commissioner Kim Hunter Reed says lawmakers were attentive to the needs of postsecondary education…
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Reed says the focus of higher ed will continue to be on affordability, innovation and expansion of talent development in Louisiana.