Today is Dr. Joseph Savoie’s last day as president of U-L Lafayette. He announced yesterday that he is stepping down after 17 years at the helm. Communications Professor Philip Auter, the former faculty senate president, says Dr. Savoie was a very effective president.
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A legislative committee formed to review LHSAA policies and practices held its first meeting this week. Among the lawmakers on the committee is Shreveport Senator Alan Seabaugh. He told LHSAA Executive Director Eddie Bonine that the split playoffs – select and non-select – are bad, because they reward too many teams and water down the value of a state title.
The federal government is nixing a plan to end the distribution of critical hurricane forecasting data. Kace Kieschnick has more.
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Condolences to Governor Landry after the passing of his father. The governor said in a social media post that his father, Al, died yesterday and is now reunited with his mother Edna, who died in 2019. Governor Landry described his father as an introvert and as a small-town architect in his social media post announcing his father’s passing.