Enrollment at Louisiana Public Schools is down two percent. State Superintendent of Education Cade Brumley says many fail to understand the importance of pre-kindergarten and kindergarten to prepare students for elementary education, he’s worried the decline in enrollment will put them further behind.
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Brumley says he is confident that more families will have their children return to the classroom when all systems can safely resume face-to-face instruction.
Only 49 percent of Ochsner system staff have been vaccinated despite being eligible to be vaccinated for several weeks. Ochsner Chief Medical Officer Dr. Robert Hart says some staff are concerned about how quickly the vaccine was developed. He says they’re trying to teach the staff the speed was in part due to how easy it was to find test subjects.
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A Legislative Auditors report on the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality shows the state making progress in the fight against pollution but raises concerns about regulatory enforcement.
DEQ spokesperson Greg Langley says one complaint in the report is the amount of time it takes to issue enforcement actions against air quality violators has more than doubled since 2008, and DEQ doesn’t keep up with whether pollution fines are being paid once issued. Langley disagrees with many of those conclusions…
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The report concludes that a large part of the department’s problem is due to low staffing, including a 15 percent decline in air quality monitoring positions since 2008, high workloads, and frequent staff turnover.

There are reports that LSU has finally found a defensive coordinator Minnesota Vikings defensive backs coach Daronte Jones is expected to become the Tigers new defensive coordinator.