Former Louisiana House Speaker Taylor Barras of New Iberia will serve as Governor-elect Jeff Landry’s Commissioner of Administration when he takes office in January. The main job of the Commissioner of Administration is coming up with a budget to present to legislators. Barras is promising transparency as the budget goes through the legislative process….
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Barras served as House Speaker from 2016 to 2020.

LSU Coach Brian Kelly says quarterback Jayden Daniels is making progress from the head injury he sustained in the Alabama game. He missed Tuesday’s practice but Kelly says Daniels worked out this morning
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Kelly says if it goes well at practice today, he’ll be cleared to participate in contact drills on Thursday.

A federal judge has ordered the Department of Corrections to make changes after determining the medical care of inmates at Angola is unconstitutional….
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That’s Attorney Samantha Bosalavage with The Promise of Justice Imitative. She says their court filings provide several examples of inmates reporting the need for medical care, but those requests are ignored. The state department of corrections disagrees with the court’s ruling.

Nicholls State University hosted a big event highlighting the groundbreaking of its Coastal Center and a ribbon cutting for its athletic practice facility on Tuesday. Spokesperson Jared David says having a coastal center at the epicenter of coastal erosion along the Atchafalaya River is significant
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