As kids return to the classroom, the looming teacher shortage is a BIG concern. Brooke Thorington has more from the president of the Louisiana Federation of Teachers…:

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Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser has made it official; he DOES intend to run for Governor a year from now. Nungesser made the announcement Monday during a visit to Lake Providence, in East Carroll Parish. He says he will likely begin campaigning in January.

With wind energy emerging in Louisiana, The University of New Orleans launches an endeavor to help support and serve that industry. UNO Research & Technology Foundation director Shafin Khan says there is increasing demand for training, talent development and research to take advantage of wind as an energy source…:

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The state’s Climate Action Plan calls for producing at least 5 gigawatts of offshore wind power yearly by 2035.

The renaming of Fort Polk, to something less invocative of a Civil War era figure, will cost taxpayers an estimated $1.3-million. So says the federal commission tasked with renaming numerous military bases nationwide. Fort Polk will become Fort Johnson – named for William Henry Johnson, a Black medal of honor recipient who served in the Army in World War I. That renaming is set to be finished by 2024.