Governor John Bel Edwards appeared on his monthly call in radio show Wednesday and took the opportunity to discuss the TOPS scholarship and the fact that students will only be covered about 40% of their tuition in the spring. He said when he presents the proposed budget for next fiscal year to legislators in early 2017, the popular scholarship program will be fully funded…:
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Some members of the legislature say the reason for the big cut to TOPS to help balance the budget is that the governor was more concerned about funding other services, like public-private hospitals.

The state Department of Education has released the latest performance scores for public schools and districts and say that improvements can be seen in every measure of academic progress. However they said the reporting system does not fully reflect the gains made by many schools that are making progress and the grading process needs improvement.

LSU’s Pennington Biomedical Research Center finds less than 22-percent of children are meeting the physical activity guidelines. Halen Doughty has more…:
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According to a report from CBS Sports, former LSU head coach Les Miles is on the short list to become the new coach at Baylor. The Mad Hatter was fired in September and has since made it known that he has no plans to retire. Miles told CBS that he is willing to hear about any opening within a Power Five conference.