The findings of a survey by Tulane’s Newcomb Institute point to an epidemic in Louisianans’ mental health. Colleen Crain reports.
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Senator Bill Cassidy says he’s struggling with the confirmation vote for Robert F Kennedy Jr. Cassidy says if Kennedy tells the public as the Health Secretary that vaccines are harmful, and someone dies from a vaccine-preventable disease, it won’t be good for the Trump administration.
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Louisiana made significant progress on the Nation’s Report Card with 4th graders leading the nation in reading improvement moving all the way from 42nd to 16th place in the last two years. . Leaders for a Better Louisiana Chief Policy Officer Barry Erwin says Louisiana been placing more focus on early intervention.
Erwin says improvement started in 2021 and because Louisiana students were back in the classroom faster than other states following the pandemic, it played a factor in the improvement of reading.