The University of Louisiana System Board of Supervisors did not approve a cost-of-living adjustment raise for Louisiana Tech faculty and staff, and they are not happy about it. Jeff Palermo has the story.
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The speed limit on Nicholson Driver near Tigerland has been lowered after an LSU student and her fiancé were fatally struck on the road this week. DOTD Public Information Officer Rodney Mallet says the speed limit’s been lowered from 45 to 35 miles per hour from Bob Pettit to Brightside.
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A new initiative aims to offer no-cost genetic screening to 100-thousand Louisiana adults, with enrollment beginning next year. LCMC Health and Helix researchers will test for genes associated with hereditary breast and ovarian cancers, Lynch Syndrome and familial hypercholesterolemia. Chief Medical Officer Dr. John Heaton says . Diseases like breast cancer are often caught later, and testing like this could help Louisiana change that.
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The Louisiana Department of Health has added three new substances to the state’s list of Schedule One controlled substances. Deputy Health Secretary Dr. Pete Croughan (CROW-ghin) says the three substances are all new formulations of kratom, which the legislature outlawed last year.