LRN Newscast 14:30 12-10-14

All smiles from State Superintendent of Education John White, as Louisiana has been awarded a huge federal grant to help education. He says Louisiana 44-percent of Louisiana kids coming into kindergarten can’t recognize all the letters of the alphabet or even count to 20…
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That grant is up to $32 million over four years.

The University of Michigan has reportedly contacted LSU’ s Les Miles’ agent about their head coach vacancy. But Tiger Rag Editor Robert Stewart is telling Tiger fans, Michigan football is a mess right now…
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And Stewart says Miles’ family is well entrenched here.

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The United Health Foundation released its 25th annual America’s Health Rankings and once again Louisiana is 48th in the nation…
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A report released today show a large majority of TOPS money is going to white students. The Board of Regents numbers show 79 percent of recipients are white, and 58 percent are women, and come mostly from household making $70 thousand to $99 thousand dollars annually.