The House Education Committee votes down a bill that would have removed the meningitis vaccine from the list of vaccines students 11 years old and older are required to receive. Baton Rouge pediatrician Doctor Mikki Bouquet (Boo-tay) told the committee about the benefits of the vaccine.
That, and other testimony, was enough for eight of the 12 committee members to vote no on advancing the bill.
A shipyard in Belle Chasse will build four new tugboats for Woodside Energy, who is building a 17-billion-dollar LNG terminal in Calcasieu Parish. Economic Development Secretary Susan Bourgeois says this is what they want to see, a business operating in one part of the state, providing jobs and opportunity in another area of the state.
Cut 13 (09) “…supposed to work.”
New Orleans is scheduled to host a LIV Golf tournament in June, but the circuit is apparently on shaky ground. Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund is reportedly on the verge of cutting funding for LIV Golf, putting its eight remaining tournaments in 2026 in jeopardy. State Senate President Cameron Henry says the state has allocated seven-million dollars on the tournament and has spent three-million of it.
LSU gymnastics will try to win its second national championship in three years tomorrow. Head coach Jay Clark says yesterday’s performance wasn’t the Tigers’ best, but the team plans to move on and refocus ahead of the national title meet.