The board of regents is conducting a study to determine whether to transfer the University of New Orleans back to the LSU system from the University of Louisiana system, amid financial troubles at the school. New Orleans Democratic State Representative Matthew Willard says the university is a critical component of not just New Orleans, but all of southeastern Louisiana.
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New Orleans’ fiscal troubles may force city employees to pay for their own alcoholic beverages. The city council is considering a proposal to ban reimbursements for alcoholic beverages during work trips. Current city code does not address the issue; imposing such a ban would align the city with state law, which bans the practice for state employees. The city has already imposed a ban of non-essential travel by city employees through at least the end of April.
More than 60 bands from all around the world will be in Lafayette next month for Festival International de Louisiane. Marketing Director Carly Viator (VEE-uh-tore) Courville says there’s a prelude of sorts on Wednesday, April 23rd, with two acts performing. The festival gets underway in earnest the following night with two acts on the Scene Lus Internationale stage.
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The festival wraps up April 27th.
Woman’s Hospital in Baton Rouge is approaching a major milestone. It’s counting down to the delivery of its 400-thousandth baby. Today, the most popular baby names are Noah for boys and Amelia for girls. Chief Nursing Officer Cheri (shuh-REE) Johnson, what were the most popular baby names when Woman’s started delivering babies in 1968?