There has been a concern ULM was slashing its athletic budget, but KNOE-TV sports director Aaron Dietrich says that is not the case. Andre Champagne reports…
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Starting in January, Louisiana SNAP recipients can no longer purchase soda, energy drinks and candy with their food stamps. Jeff Palermo reports Louisiana’s Surgeon General hopes this leads to healthier children…
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The U.S. Supreme Court has set a date to revisit Louisiana’s congressional map and decide whether it violates the 14th and 15th Amendments. Colleen Crain reports…
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Amtrak’s new passenger train service from New Orleans to Mobile starts Monday and for those who want to take a bus from Baton Rouge to New Orleans to catch the train there’s an easy way to do that. Florian Sitrin with Flix North America says you will not have to buy two different tickets…
FlixBus already provides daily bus service between Baton Rouge and New Orleans. Sitrin says the schedule has been timed up so that you can take the bus from the Capitol City to Union Passenger Terminal in New Orleans and catch a train to the Mississippi or Alabama Gulf Coast…
Sitrin says they have two dedicated buses that you can book at Amtrak or Flix Bus that can connect you to the Mardi Gras Service….
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Since last week’s sudden resignation of athletics director John Hartwell, there’s been speculation ULM is cutting funding to athletics. But KNOE-TV sports director Aaron Dietrich says he’s seen the budget for this athletic year, and ULM has increased funding by 1.5 million dollars
Shortly after Hartwell’s resignation, it was reported new ULM president Carrie Castille was imposing a six-to-nine percent cut to the school’s athletic department budget.
ULM is set to spend just over 22-million dollars on athletics this year. That’s one of the smallest budgets among FBS schools and some say the school should drop down to the FCS level.
But Dietrich says the school is getting three-point-seven million dollars to play Alabama and Northwestern, because they are an FBS school…
Football coach Bryant Vincent is the interim athletics director. Dietrich says the long-term future for ULM athletics is a little cloudy, but the fanbase is glad Vincent is leading athletics for the time being..
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Louisiana Superintendent of Education Cade Brumley supports President Trump’s effort to abolish the Department of Education. Brumley says decisions about what’s taught in Louisiana public schools should be made here, not Washington D-C…
During her visit to Louisiana, U-S Education Secretary Linda McMahon says the Trump Administration would like to move to a block funding model, letting states to decide how to spend federal dollars. Brumley says Louisiana is positioned to benefit from that kind of system…
Louisiana has seen improvement in literacy scores, but Brumley says the job is far from over…
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Louisiana Surgeon General Ralph Abraham believes preventing SNAP recipients from using their food stamps to purchase soft drinks, energy drinks and candy will make for a healthier Louisiana. That new policy will go into effect in January and Abraham says a good portion of government assistance is going towards the purchase of these items…
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Abraham says the big concern is that SNAP recipients are using their government assistance to buy their children soda and candy…
Abraham says candy and soda are high in sugar and too much of it, becomes a bad thing…
Abraham says once you reach a certain level, sugar gets stored as fat.
Last week, USDA Secretary Brooke Collins signed a SNAP waiver for Louisiana that removes soft drinks, energy drinks, and candy as eligible food items. This will go into effect in January.
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The LSU wide receiving room is one of the deepest position groups on the team after lacking some explosiveness in the room last season. Kentucky transfer Barion brown is one of the multiple receivers the Tigers brought in during the offseason. His rare speed should add to the vertical passing game. Brown says the room’s talent helps push each other each day.
The LSU tight end room has placed a large emphasis on becoming more involved in blocking in the run game. The Tigers added Donovan Green and Bauer Sharp to join Trey’Dez Green in the offseason. Green says Sharp has helped him with his confidence during the summer.
LSU wide receivers coach Cortez Hankton has played a large role in developing his wideouts, most notably with Malik Nabers and Brian Thomas Jr. Kentucky transfer Barion Brown says Hankton is taking his skills to the next level.
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UL Head coach Michael Desormeaux (DEZ-er-mo) spoke on his quarterback battle. The quarterback between Daniel Beale, Walker Howard, and Lunch Winfield is still ongoing after the Cajuns first couple of scrimmages. Desormeaux says he likes what he sees out of each player.
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The Cajuns have lots of new faces on this team, and head coach Michael Desormeaux wants to get them as much experience as possible. Freshman cornerback Brent Gordon is one freshman who is sticking out to the Cajuns staff. Desormeaux says he expects the former three-star out of Cecilia to contribute right away.