The Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs secures a major grant to establish a Veterans Business Outreach Center. Andrew Greenstein reports.
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Louisiana’s adult obesity rate dropped significantly last year, making it one of just two states in the country to see a statistically significant decline. According to the Trust for America’s annual State of Obesity report, Louisiana’s improvement moved us from third highest in the country all the way to number 19.
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Could a trio of Louisiana college football teams step down a level? That’s what one member of the Louisiana Board of Regents is suggesting. During the University of Louisiana System budget hearings, Wilbert Pryor suggested UL Lafayette, ULM and Louisiana Tech should all drop from the FBS to the FCS. Pryor, who’s a Shreveport attorney, says all three of the schools’ athletics departments are operating in deficits.
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If you have plans for football are anything else outdoors this weekend, you should know the weather will likely not cooperate. LSU Health Climatologist Barry Keim says remnants of Hurricane Polo in the Eastern Pacific will mean a lot of rain for Louisiana this weekend.