Former Louisiana Speaker of the House Taylor Barras will serve as Governor-elect Jeff Landry’s Commissioner of Administration. Brooke Thorington has more.
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LSU Football Coach Brian Kelly says Quarterback Jayden Daniels is making progress after taking a vicious hit in the head in the Alabama game. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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Former Louisiana Speaker of the House Taylor Barras will serve as Governor-elect Jeff Landry’s Commissioner of Administration. Landry says it makes sense to have someone with legislative experience in the vital role of commissioner.
Patrick Goldsmith, who was most recently the chief administrative officer at Ascension Parish has been appointed Deputy Commissioner of Administration.
In the final moments of the last regular session, the majority of lawmakers said they were forced to vote on the budget without being able to review changes. Barras says transparency is a priority.
Landry says the roles of the Commissioner of Administration and Deputy are among the most important positions in state government because they oversee the financial affairs of the state and prepare the budget.
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Nicholls State University has broken ground on a new Coastal Center and cut the ribbon on a new athletic practice facility. University spokesperson Jared David says having a coastal center at the epicenter of coastal erosion along the Atchafalaya River is significant
David says the new state-of-the-art coastal facility will house a research division and a boardroom. He says the center will also house an educational outreach section geared towards primary and secondary students…
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David says a state investment of $45 million helped pay for the construction of the coastal center, the athletic practice facility, and also a new College of Nursing building.
David says there is a nursing shortage and this new building can help them double the number of nursing students they graduate….
The project is currently in the architectural phase and university leaders are hope it will be completed in early 2025.
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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 Kelly says Daniels worked out this morning
Kelly says if it goes well at practice today, he’ll be cleared to participate in contact drills on Thursday. Daniels took a helmet to helmet hit in last Saturday’s loss to Alabama and was placed in concussion protocol. Kelly says Daniels has been moving through the steps well…
LSU will host Florida on Saturday night. Garrett Nussmeier took first team snaps in practice yesterday. Kelly says Daniels returns to practice today, but he’s not ready to say who will start at quarterback against the Gators…