Commissioner of Administration Jay Dardenne says new revenue is needed to solve this fiscal year’s 750-million dollar shortfall. Dardenne says they are proposing to use some one-time money, rainy day funds, and there are some proposed budget cuts, but he says additional revenue is also needed to avoid big cuts…

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He says just cutting the budget will not solve the budget crisis.

LSU researchers are trying to get a better idea of what types of clothing sizes would best fit individual consumers. Casey Stannard, with LSU Ag’s Department of Textiles, Apparel Design, and Merchandising, says they want to see a system where a customer could get a body scan and then purchase clothing based on the results…

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She says they are using body scanning technology to learn about ways better-fitting clothing could be developed.

A new LSU Health Shreveport study finds radiation is being over used to treat elderly woman with breast cancer. Lead researcher Dr. Quyen Chu says radiation treatment can cause many different complications in patients…

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Chu says their research shows that 2/3 of women age 70 or older with stage 1 breast cancer are still receiving radiation.

The Attorney General’s Office has announced six more arrests of people involved in the Lafayette D.A. bribery scandal. A-G Jeff Landry says the corrupt practices that were being dismissed in this office were ignored by the previous Attorney General, Buddy Caldwell. He says it’s disturbing that action wasn’t taken earlier…

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Landry says it’s a collaborative effort with federal authorities to clean up corruption in the state.