Membership is set for a task force that will examine the 350-million dollar TOPS scholarship program for the first time. Its chairman, Jennings Senator Blade Morrish, says the panel consists of an array of lawmakers representing both parties and all corners of the state…:
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The first meeting is September 6.

This year’s “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico is the biggest one yet. LSU scientist Nancy Rabalais says the oxygen-depleted region is about 8,800 square miles, which is about the size of New Jersey. She says many of the stations, especially those close to the shore, were close to no oxygen..:
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She says one cause is fresh water inflow that creates a layered system.

The state Department of Transportation is looking at possibly widening I-12 in St. Tammany Parish between Mandeville and Covington….:
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Another festival is coming to Louisiana. The more than 25 artists for the October 7-8th Flambeau Fest in Ascension Parish will be announced Monday.