A new survey says increasing access to child care could unlock billions of dollars in economic growth for the state. Dr. Heather Cope, the chief of policy and research at the Louisiana Policy Institute for Children, says increasing access to early childhood education could allow almost 30-thousand parents to re-enter the workforce.
The SEC is not dismissing its federal lawsuit against LSU. Attorney General Liz Murrill told 104.5 ESPN in Baton Rouge that SEC lawyers could not negotiate a joint statement in which LSU implied it had done something wrong and would not do anything wrong in the future.
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In this case, the Calcasieu Ship Channel will have to do. A new ferry boat has been put into service at the Cameron Crossing in southwest Louisiana. Jeff Palermo has the story.
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Researchers at LSU’s Pennington Biomedical Research Center say one out of every four male active duty U.S. Army personnel have testosterone levels below the clinical threshold. The study comes amid Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s order that all male service members 30 and older be tested for testosterone.