Millions of Americans are getting ready to watch the first solar eclipse to pass over the country since 1979. LSU astronomy professor Michael Cherry says the total eclipse will be visible in a 70 mile wide path from Oregon to South Carolina.

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The eclipse starts in Louisiana at 11:54 am and ends at 2:54 pm.

A NASA-based program of LSU students called the Louisiana Space Grant Consortium will broadcast the first ever live view of a solar eclipse from a high-altitude balloon in Illinois. Associate Chair of the LSU Physics and Astronomy Department Dana Browne says we will be able to see the eclipse in a way we’ve never seen it before.

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The Greater Baton Rouge Industrial Alliance expects industrial plant workers will be in high demand through 2018. Executive Director Connie Fabre says last year changes were made to the state’s Industrial Tax Exemption Program, which benefits plans and attracts projects to Louisiana.

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Last year the governor gave local governments a say in whether the exemptions were granted.

Voter registration week begins today, and Secretary of State Tom Schedler urges residents to take advantage of one of the many ways to register to vote.

Cut 4 (12) “just go online”

You can register online at sos.la.gov.