The Board of Regents has learned there is $4 billion in deferred maintenance on Louisiana’s college campuses. Jeff Palermo has the story.
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Early Voting numbers in Louisiana shows Democrats outnumbered Republicans by 16 thousand. But LSU Shreveport Political Science Professor Jeffrey Sadow says that doesn’t mean all those Democrats voted for all democrats.
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An advocacy group is calling for more vehicle safety enhancements after a three-year-old girl is killed in a Carencro restaurant parking lot. Investigators say Ka’Mya J’Nae Williams ran out into the parking lot, and a woman who had just backed up ran her over as she drove forward. Chloe Burke with the group Kids and Car Safety says while backup cameras are certainly good, other camera views, including overhead views, ought to be standard as well.
The Louisiana Book Festival will be open in Baton Rouge tomorrow from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Robert Wilson, the executive director of the Louisiana Center for the Book, says it’s a free celebration of readers, writers and books in downtown Baton Rouge.