The Board of Regents will ask for a $172 million increase in state funding for public colleges next year. The request would push state funding for higher ed to $1.2 billion for the budget year that begins July 1. Higher Ed Commissioner Kim Hunter Reed the message is clear when it comes to cuts to higher education.
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The Regents say charges on students increased 107% over the last 11 years.
The FDA has approved a new drug that can reduce the severity of the flu, and it works against drug-resistant strains. LSU Health New Orleans Professor and Infectious Disease Specialist Fred Lopez says despite Xofluza’s effectiveness, professionals still advise getting a preventative flu shot.
Lopez says the average effectiveness level for flu shots over the past few years has been 40 to 60 percent.
The state fire marshal’s office has charged a 41-year-old woman with negligent homicide after her 11-year-old child died in a camper fire during the overnight hours in Beuregard Parish. State fire marshal spokesperson Ashley Rodrigue says they don’t have a cause for the fire and firefighters discovered the body of the child in a bedroom.
Jenny Stafford of Singer is also facing drug charges in the incident.
LSU’s Manship School and the Cook Political Report have surveyed congressional battleground districts nationwide and say Democrats have around a double digit average advantage in races that will likely determine control of the House. Public Policy Lab Director Mike Henderson says despite that lead, Republicans appear to be just as ready to vote as Democrats.
There are around 12 million more registered Democrats than Republicans nationwide.