The Fortified Grant Program, which provides grants to homeowners to reinforce their roofs has received $30 million in funding and could begin the application process as early as October. Teiko Foxx has more…
Governor Edwards will leave tomorrow an economic development mission in France and Belgium. He’ll also attend the Paris Air Show on the trip and meet with aerospace industries. In Belgium the topics will be expanding Louisiana’s health sciences industry.
The Board of Elementary and Secondary Education has approved an appeals process for high school seniors who are unable to graduate because they do not meet the LEAP test scoring requirement. BESE President Doctor Holly Boffy (Bow-fee) says this new policy will prevent teens from dropping out of school…
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Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy is a co-sponsor of a Republican plan that seeks to lower college costs and student debt. It’s a package of five bills that Cassidy says addresses the root causes of the student debt crisis…
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Cassidy says the legislative package includes a bill he’s introduced before, the College Transparency Act.