LSU’s new system president is a Louisiana native who grew up in Golden Meadow. Jeff Palermo has the story.
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New LSU president Wade Rousse has been added to the head football coach search committee. It features five other members, including Verge Ausberry, who is now LSU’s full-time athletic director after Rousse removed his interim tag.
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This is now the longest federal government shutdown in U.S. history. Today is the 36th day of the shutdown, eclipsing the old record of 35 days that began in 2018, during Donald Trump’s first presidency. ULM political science professor Joshua Stockley says the shutdown is over one single issue – healthcare subsidies – and neither party is willing to negotiate.
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Livestock owners throughout Louisiana and elsewhere are worrying about something else…the the New World screwworm. At this point, it’s been found as far north as Mexico. LSU AgCenter veterinarian Christine Navarre says if it returns to the U.S. for the first time since the 1960s, it could cause big problems.