830AM LRN news

LSU had a flawless performance in its season-opening win over Georgia Southern on Saturday, but the Tigers say there is room for improvement…

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The state gets 76.2 million dollars from the feds to tackle a few much-needed improvements to eight bridges across the state, along with expansion work on I-12 between LA 21 and US 190. DOTD Secretary Shawn Wilson says it covers a portion…

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Ascension Parish Public Schools get solar-powered lightning detection devices designed to keep their student-athletes safe when bad weather rolls in. Owner of Perry Weather, the company behind the technology, Colin Perry says his creation connects via cellular data to a national lightning detection network.

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The strikes are detected locally if anything hits within an eight-mile radius.

There’s a lot of debate these days about the state of the Louisiana economy. The Governor says we’re doing great, but his GOP gubernatorial opponents are hammering home a message that the state lags behind the nation in average growth. LSU Economist Loren Scott says the truth is the economy isn’t great, for these two reasons…

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