The LSU board of supervisors accepted a recommendation to award the medical marijuana project to Las Vegas-based GB Sciences Inc. Emelie Gunn reports…:
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State Education Superintendent John White announces Louisiana’s high school graduation rate is higher than ever at 77%. Halen Doughty has more…
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The LSU board of supervisors accepted a recommendation to award the medical marijuana project to Las Vegas-based GB Sciences Inc. When finalized, LSU Ag Center head Dr. Bill Richardson says it could mean $3.4 million over five years, or 10% of gross receipts, whichever is higher. He says they are still working through some financial arrangements…:
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LSU and Southern University are the only institutions allowed to grow cannabis in the state. Richardson says they aren’t going to be just another weed grower. He says one of the most exciting things about this partnership is the research potential…:
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GB Sciences CEO John Poss says they are honored, excited, and humbled by this opportunity, especially for new research. He says GB Sciences is dedicated to the science of cannabis, and they are not a pot company..:
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At 77%, more Louisiana students are graduating high school than ever before. That’s according to state Education Superintendent John White, who says this year’s graduating class maintained record gains made by the class of 2015.
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White says more than 3,500 more students graduated in 2016 than in 2012. He says as a state we’re moving towards greater graduation rates and higher levels of education for students who graduate from high school.
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White says 43 percent of the graduating class earned college credits or industry-based credentials, and 2,500 more graduates qualified for TOPS than the class of 2012. He says these gains are the result of the state’s work to increase the number of graduates and to increase the education levels of those grads.
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Eight distinguished athletes will be honored Saturday night as they are inducted into the 2017 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame in Natchitoches. Hall of Fame CEO and President Ronnie Rantz says this is a very diverse class. He says some remarkable people are being honored this weekend, one being LSU’s longtime gymnastics coach.
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There were 127 individuals nominated. Rantz says former Southeastern Louisiana basketball star C.A. Core and former LSU and Nicholls State coach Ray Didier are being inducted posthumously. He adds two time first team All American at LSU in 1988 and 1989, David Toms of Monroe is one of the best golfers to come out of Louisiana and is also being inducted.
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Rantz says baseball star from Alexandra, Juan Pierre will be welcomed into the Hall of Fame after being a leadoff hitting outfield who played 14 seasons in the majors. He also says NFL and LSU star Eddie Kennison of Lake Charles will be honored along with Ed Reed, who had a 12 year NFL career…
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A 79-year-old former Secretary of State employee has been arrested for possession of child pornography on his state issued computer. Trooper Michael Reichardt with State Police says they were contacted by the Secretary of State’s Office reporting that Bruce Barron of Farmerville had suspicious activity on his work computer.
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Reichardt says Barron has been charged with one count of possession of child pornography involving juveniles. He says Barron’s bond was set at 25-thousand dollars.
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Reichardt says Barron was booked into the Union Parish Correctional Center. He says the department also took immediate action against Barron…:
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