The Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education has approved Let Teachers Teach policies that were based on recommendations from a group of teachers. Superintendent of Education Doctor Cade Brumley says one of the new policies will streamline and reduce dozens of non-academic trainings and lessons teachers have been required to repeat annually…
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New policies have also been approved that will result in disruptive students being removed from the classroom.

You may have heard m-pox, formerly known as Monkeypox, has been declared a global health emergency. An mpox outbreak is spreading across Africa, killing more than 500 people. Tulane Epidemiology Professor Susan Hassig…
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The more dangerous strain of M-pox has not been detected in the United States.

The advisory committee for the Offshore Wind Roadmap will hold its first meeting in September as this group is trying to develop a strategic guide on how the state can capitalize on the potential of an offshore wind industry off the coast of Louisiana. State Department of Energy and Natural Resources spokesperson Patrick Courreges says they know the Bayou State has the workforce part figured out…
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DENR wants public participation in the road map, and will hold a Zoom meeting on September 5 from 11 to 1 to discuss the road map with the public.

In the last legislative session, Louisiana lawmakers appropriated 100-million dollars that will be used to upgrade state and local juvenile detention centers. Governor Jeff Landry spoke about that decision during a visit to Monroe and says the state is also investing in rehabilitation…
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The legislature also allocated money to hire 70 more people at the Swanson Center for Youth prison in the Monroe area.