The Board of Regents sets an ambitious goal of making sure 60 percent of all working-age adults in Louisiana have post-secondary education by 2030. Higher Education Commissioner Kim Hunter Reed says that would mean more than doubling the number of credentials the state currently produces annually.
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That comes out to increasing credentials from 40,000 a year to over 85,000 a year.

You can now get to the Lafayette area from the east by using I-10. The westbound lanes over the Atchafalaya Basin re-opened yesterday afternoon after they were shutdown for two days, because of clean-up and an inspection following a fiery mutli-vehicle wreck that killed an out of state truck driver. Still no exact cause, but DOTD spokesperson Rodney Mallett says..
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Two teenagers from Haynesville were killed last night in a two-vehicle wreck on Louisiana Highway Two in Clairborne Parish. State Police say the victims, 17-year-old Tony Singleton and 15-year-old Neal Dequez were not wearing seat belts. The driver of the other vehicle was buckled up and sustained moderate injuries.

New data shows nationally, participation in high school athletics has his dipped. Kevin Barnhart has the story.
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