State’s rural growth lags

Every morning, Floyd Dupre and his son Mike button up their denim shirts, throw on some jeans and slip into their boots. It’s another day on the farm tending to their cattle. Meanwhile, 60 miles east in the state’s capital, Floyd’s grandson and Mike’s nephew Joseph Dupre hit the gym near his apartment and head to class at the state-of-the-art engineering building on LSU’s campus. Joey Dupre is a…