Louisiana shrimpers are asking the federal government for help. Andrew Greenstein reports.
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The SEC is no longer slated to discuss or vote on expelling LSU from the conference during a meeting of university presidents and chancellors today. Jeff Palermo has the story.
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Sophomore quarterback Tyler Shough was one of nine Saints team captains named ahead of the team’s season opener at Detroit this weekend. Kace Kieschnick has more.
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The Department of Health awards more than two-million dollars to U-L Lafayette as part of its initiative to improve health care in rural areas. Almost 1.6-million dollars of that money will go to the College of Nursing and Health Sciences. The dean of that college, Dr. Lisa Broussard, says the goal is to prepare student nurses to become practitioners in rural areas.
Dr. Broussard says the grant will allow the school to admit additional students.
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Broussard says with an increase in enrollment comes the need for additional personnel and equipment.
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In addition, almost a half-million dollars will go to the Center for Applied Artificial Intelligence. That money will help university researchers build an AI-based geographic information system, which will help health care officials in rural clinics to compile large amounts of data to indicate which services are needed and where those services are needed most.
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We’re about three weeks into shrimping season, and many Louisiana shrimp boats remain docked. Acy Cooper, the president of the Louisiana Shrimp Association, says it’s a sign of troubled times for the industry.
Cooper says imported shrimp is especially killing the domestic shrimping industry, saying not only are imported shrimp prices badly undercutting prices of wild-caught shrimp, but diners are not getting a good product. He says the U.S.’ testing of shrimp imports is very lax; and as a result, American diners are getting everything that the rest of the world is rejecting.
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So Cooper is asking the federal government for help. He says President Trump’s tariffs on shrimp imports are having a very limited effect, so he’s now asking for limits on shrimp imports.
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Tomorrow is the 25th anniversary of the nine-eleven terrorist attacks, one of the darkest days in American history. Louisiana’s governor at the time was the late Mike Foster, who was in Lexington, Kentucky, that day for the Southern Governor’s Association Conference. His press secretary, Marsanne Golsby, says they were eating breakfast when the attack began.
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Golsby says once it became clear that this was a terrorist attack, the hotel emptied out quickly over concerns it could also be targeted because it was filled with elected officials from multiple states.
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Fifty-one minutes after the first plane slammed into the North Tower of the Twin Towers in New York City, an American Airlines flight crashed into the Pentagon in Washington D-C. Golsby says she will never forget the level of concern everyone had.
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Because air traffic was shut down. State Police drove Governor Foster back to Louisiana, and he did not return to Baton Rouge until that night.
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The bitter legal fight between LSU and the SEC over the eligibility of two football players with recent NFL ties appears to be winding down, with LSU no longer facing the threat of expulsion from the conference. A vote on whether LSU should remain in the SEC is no longer on the agenda for today’s meeting of the league’s presidents and chancellors. Tiger Rag Editor Glenn Guilbeau says the fact that SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey threatened to kick LSU out of the conference still doesn’t look good.
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The SEC filed a federal lawsuit last week seeking to prevent LSU from adding Dae’Quan Wright and Zxavian Harris to its football roster. Both players were on NFL training camp rosters last month. In an amendment to its lawsuit, the SEC announced it would hold a Thursday meeting to consider whether LSU should remain in the conference.
But an initial hearing in the federal case was postponed yesterday, and the agenda for today’s SEC CEOs meeting no longer includes a vote on LSU’s membership. Guilbeau says it’s good to see the SEC back away from the threat.
LSU backed down first, deciding not to add Wright or Harris to its roster before the season opener. Then Tuesday night, the Tigers filled their final two roster spots with injured players who are not expected to play this season. That leaves no room for Wright or Harris, despite a Baton Rouge judge issuing a court order allowing both players to play for LSU.
Guilbeau says SEC leadership took the situation too far.
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UL Lafayette goes on the road to face 14th-ranked USC this weekend. The Trojans are 2-and-0 to start the season with blowout wins over San Jose State and Fresno State. Cajuns head coach Michael Desormeaux says USC has one of the toughest defensive lines he’s ever faced, but these are the kind of tests great teams pass.
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UL kicked off the season with a 38-7 win over Lamar. Junior quarterback Lunch Winfield was 16-for-22 for 189 yards and two interceptions but added 84 yards and two scores on the ground. Desormeaux does not blame Winfield for the interceptions and was pleased with his 73-percent completion rate and smart decision-making.
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The Saints kick off the season at Detroit on Sunday. Running backs Alvin Kamara and Kendre Miller returned to practice yesterday. Kamara was limited with an MCL sprain he suffered three weeks ago, but quarterback Tyler Shough says he’s as explosive as ever.
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Shough took over the starting quarterback job last season and went 5-and-4 as the starter. He averaged 250 passing yards a game and threw 10 touchdowns as the starter. He says he’s excited to be back on the field after a long offseason.
Shough will look to take the next step leading the offense in his first full offseason as the starter. The Saints first-team did not play in the preseason, but he says he got plenty of work in.
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