According to the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International, the drone industry will have an estimated economic impact of $213 million dollars on Louisiana. Michelle Southern reports.
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According to the Department of Health and Hospitals, flu activity is on the increase in Louisiana. Scott Carwile has more…
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Democratic Senator Mary Landrieu did not prevail in her attempt to get the US Senate to pass a bill that would authorize the construction of the Keystone Oil Pipeline. Michelle Southern reports…:
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According to the Association for Unnamed Vehicle Systems International, the drone industry will have an estimated economic impact of $213 million dollars on Louisiana over the next three years and generate over 1,000 jobs. President Michael Toscano says there are many entities that have started making drones a big part of their business…:
According to the secretary of state’s website, several drone companies have popped up in Louisiana over the last couple of years. Toscano says unmanned aircraft systems are very good as delivery systems and situation awareness — the extension of the eyes and ears of a human…:
Toscano says utility companies are using drones to inspect things like pipes and power lines which is a far more safe and effective way. He says farmers can use drones to check on the health of their crops and water and spray them more efficiently and selectively. Toscano says the ways people can use drones to make their jobs easier is growing by the day:
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The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana says a school bus driver in East Baton Rouge Parish detained and harassed a student because he thought the 16-year-old was gay. Executive Director Marjorie Esman says the incident involved a student from Broadmoor High School
Esman says they’ve asked the East Baton Rouge School System to fully investigate the complaint and educate their employees, including bus drivers, it’s illegal to harass a student based on sexual orientation or religion
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E-B-R school system spokesperson Keith Bromery says the bus driver’s supervisor is aware of the situation and it’s been addressed
Bromery says they’ll use this incident as an example when training bus drivers that they should not harass students about religious or sexual orientation beliefs
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According to the Department of Health and Hospitals, flu activity is on the increase in Louisiana. Frank Welch, Medical Director for the Immunization Program, says the state typically gets a late start on flu activity, but not this year…
He says there is no real reason why the flu is more active in Louisiana this year in comparison to recent years. Welch says it appears the flu is broadly broken out all over the state…
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Welch says the strain of flu that seems to be dominant this year, is one that is captured by the flu shot. He says if you haven’t gotten your flu shot, yet, now is the time to do so. Welch says there are two reason you should get inoculated…
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Democratic Senator Mary Landrieu did not prevail in her attempt to get the US Senate to pass a bill that would authorize the construction of the Keystone Oil Pipeline. The measure needed 60 votes to pass but it only got 59. Landrieu has spent the last week trying to pass the bill as a way to show her clout in Congress in the Senate runoff. Political analyst Bernie Pinsonat…:
Pinsonat says at this point, he has no idea why Landrieu would continue to fight in the runoff against Congressman Bill Cassidy….:
Pinsonat says the fact that Landrieu couldn’t pull off the push to pass the Keystone bill by her own colleagues is the final nail in her coffin in the US Senate race…:
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The Ragin Cajuns will play their final home game of the season on Saturday when they host Appalachian State. U-L Lafayette Head Coach Mark Hudspeth says the Mountaineers have two of the best offensive players in the league in quarterback Taylor Lamb and Marcus Cox and they play well together as a team…
Hudspeth says he hopes they’ll have the biggest crowd of the season for the final home game of the year….
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Louisiana Tech hits the road this weekend looking to improve to 7-0 in Conference USA action. The Bulldogs are at Old Dominion who is 4-and-6 overall, 2-and-4 in the league. Tech Head Coach Skip Holtz says even though the Monarchs have a losing record, they have one of the better offenses in the conference
A win for the Bulldogs on Saturday and they will clinch the Western Division of Conference USA. Holtz says he’s talked to his team about staying focused on Old Dominion and not worry about the division standings