LSU President F. King Alexander is defending the university’s decision to use a holistic admission standards, in the wake of reports that 7.5 percent of the freshman class did not meet traditional GPA or ACT requirements. On Talk Louisiana with Jim Engster, Alexander said while the new policy will help high out of state achievers make it to Baton Rouge, it won’t keep out locals.
Previously the board of regents allowed for four percent of students to fall below the requirements.
A meter reader for Entergy has been fired after falsifying meter readings and now about four-thousand Entergy customers in southeast Louisiana are experiencing sticker shock with their latest bills. Entergy Vice President of Distribution Melonie Stewart after a rereading of the meters, they have the most accurate measure of the energy used by customers.
Cut 7 (05) “…energy they used.”
The Office of State Procurement voids a multi-million dollar contract that would have replaced the state’s aging voting machines. Louisiana’s chief procurement officer found flaws in how interim Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin selected Dominion Voting Systems. Political analyst Bernie Pinsonat says the candidates in the race will bring this up on why Ardoin shouldn’t be elected…
Ardoin is one of nine candidates seeking election to the Secretary of State’s post. The election is November sixth.
For the first time in a long time, much of the state will see low temperatures into the 50s tomorrow morning. Rob Megnia, with the National Weather Service in Lake Charles, says another cold front is expected early next week…