Legislation that would require Louisiana operating rooms to adopt policies to have equipment to remove harmful surgical smoke plumes advanced from Senate Health and Welfare. Lafayette Senator Gerald Boudreaux, the author of the bill, says surgical smoke in operating rooms can be a hazard but he has met with medical associations regarding the bill.
Student researchers of UL Lafayette’s CAPE team will design and build a solar-powered satellite that will be used by NASA to gauge radiation levels for astronauts. Electrical and Computer Engineering Instructor, Dr. Jared Tessier (Tess-see-yay) says although the students have participated in this initiative three times previously – this is a new experiment.
The satellite is expected to go into space between 2024 and 2027.
A measure mandating statewide screening for dyslexia for kindergarteners is headed to the House floor. Gretna Representative Joe Marino the bill author says it’s time to change the educational narrative for students in Louisiana.
Marino says screening would begin with students in the second semester and tests are only $1.50 per student.
Authorities seized a little over 108 pounds of powder cocaine during a traffic stop on LA Highway 28 East of Pineville. Rapides Parish Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Tommy Carnline says deputies assigned to the RADE Unit Highway Interdiction Team conducted a traffic stop on a semi-tractor trailer truck for improper lane usage.
Cut 12 (07) “…criminal activity”
56-year-old Jose Calderon of Edinburg, Texas was charged with several offenses including possession with intent to distribute cocaine.