LSU leaves Baton Rouge today for Alabama where they’ll play the Crimson Tide in a game that will decide who will win the SEC West. It’s been eight straight losses in the rivalry for LSU, but QB Joe Burrow says the weight of history isn’t pressing down on this team.
The Purple and Gold were embarrassed 29-0 in front of the home crowd last year. Tomorrow’s kickoff is at 2:30.
Republicans already hold a super-majority in the Senate, but House runoffs between Democrats and Republicans could see five seats come to the GOP side, resulting in a super-majority for both chambers. Political analyst Bernie Pinsonat says if Governor Edwards is reelected, unless he pushes an agenda that Republicans favor, it is questionable how much he will get done.
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The LSU Center for Energy Studies is projecting employment in the oil and gas sectors will remain flat even as the industry as a whole sees expansion in the coming years. Study co-author, LSU professor Greg Upton says much of the loss of traditional oil sector jobs is being made up for in gains in the refining/manufacturing/export sector, which now employs people than oil production.
Department of Children and Family Services is celebrating having found 893 foster care children permanent homes over the last year, with a 22 percent rise in teen adoptions and a two percent increase in sibling groups. DCFS Secretary Marketa Garner Walters credits the rise in adoption rates in those groups to the state’s partnership with the Dave Thomas Foundation, which pays for the department to have recruiters in every region of the state.