TOPS recipients will have to cover more than half of their spring tuition, and Governor John Bel Edwards wants to make sure that doesn’t happen again. Jeff Palermo has more…:
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A super PAC supporting Republicans says an ad will begin airing today statewide supporting GOP US Senate candidate John Kennedy. The TV commercial ties the State Treasurer to president-elect Donald Trump and points out that his opponent, Foster Campbell, voted for Hillary Clinton and supports the Affordable Care Act.

Less than one quarter of children in the US are getting enough exercise, according to a report by LSU’s Pennington Biomedical Research Center. The 2016 US Report Card on Physical Activity for Children finds that less than 22-percent of children ages 6 to 19 meet the physical activity guidelines. Researcher Peter Katzmarzyk thinks that’s because of a drive to be more efficient…:
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He says this is concerning because a lack of exercise at an early age will lead to health problems in the future.

Louisiana has the highest incarceration rate in the world per capita and today a forum is being held in Baton Rouge to find ways to reduce the number the number of people the state puts in jail. Louisiana Association of Business and Industry President Stephen Waguespack…:
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He says criminal justice reform can save the state millions of dollars.