LSU and the state’s largest ports announce a partnership that the university says will produce more cybersecurity grads and at the same time protect the states’ ports from cyber threats. LSU President William Tate says a vulnerable port can have major repercussions…
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Tate says the partnership enables LSU and the ports to engage new federal and industry research partners in defense, homeland security and intelligence.

The Alzheimer’s Association says the number of Americans who will be diagnosed with Alzheimer’s will reach 13-million by 2050. LSU Pennington Biomedical Research Center Professor Dr. Owen Carmichael says advances in health care is one reason why…
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Carmichael is optimistic about new treatments coming on line that can slow the effects of Alzheimer’s.

District 4 Public Service Commissioner Mike Francis was just re-elected to another six-year term on the P-S-C, but now he’s running for Secretary of State. Francis says he’s been encouraged to run by clerks of court who say their concerns and ideas are not being heard by Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin. Ardoin says that’s just campaign rhetoric…
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The Heritage Foundation currently ranks Louisiana’s election system sixth out of 50 states for integrity. Francis – who has been a PSC member since 2016 – says if elected Secretary, he’ll listen to everyone and work to further improve that ranking..:
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Also running, south Louisiana businessman Brandon Trosclair who pledges to restore public trust in Louisiana’s elections.