The governor’s spending plan for the next fiscal year has been presented to lawmakers, as they’re gearing up for the regular session in April. Michelle Southern has more…

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Grambling State University is one step closer to reinstating their undergraduate nursing program after it was closed in 2015. University President Rick Gallot says they have the support of the University of Louisiana System Board, and now they need approval from the Board of Regents and the state Board of Nursing. He says their target date to open the new program is fall of 2018.

After ordering an investigation into the travel scandal of four state troopers, Governor John Bel Edwards says he won’t speculate on what the findings might be until the investigation is over.

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State Police Superintendent Col. Mike Edmonson says he instructed all administrative personnel at LSP to cooperate with the investigation.

LSU Health Shreveport will launch a Pediatric Chronic Ventilator Clinic in April to care for children who require mechanical ventilation. Director of the Pediatric Ventilator Unit Dr. Keith Scott says currently, families have to travel 300 miles for a one-hour visit, but the new clinic will be more convenient for patients.

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