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Thrips are tiny insects that can be difficult to spot with the naked eye. This rose has been damaged by thrips. (Photos by Heather Kirk-Ballard/LSU AgCenter)

Thrips are tiny insects that can be difficult to spot with the naked eye. This rose has been damaged by thrips. (Photos by Heather Kirk-Ballard/LSU AgCenter)

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Gardeners know dealing with pests is part of the job

Heather Kirk-Ballard / LSU AgCenter horticulturist
Friday, April 21, 2023
If you’re a gardener, you know that dealing with pests is an inevitable part of the job. Two common pests seen on garden plants are thrips and spider mites.

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Louisiana’s March employment hits record high for series

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, April 21, 2023
BATON ROUGE — Data released Friday by the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that Louisiana’s seasonally adjusted labor force data has again set several new records. The number of employed for March is 2,030,553, a record high for the series.
Members of the School of Geosciences’ Imperial Barrel team at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, from left, are Savana Anderson, Peyton Dardeau, Margaret Dittman and Abigail Watson. (Submitted photo)

Members of the School of Geosciences’ Imperial Barrel team at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, from left, are Savana Anderson, Peyton Dardeau, Margaret Dittman and Abigail Watson. (Submitted photo)

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UL Lafayette geosciences students stake claim as North America’s top oil prospectors

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, April 21, 2023
LAFAYETTE — A group of University of Louisiana at Lafayette geosciences students are the best in North America at determining where to drill for oil.
State Rep. Mike Huval

State Rep. Mike Huval

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Huval elected to lead the Acadiana Legislative Delegation

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, April 21, 2023
State Rep. Mike Huval, R-Breaux Bridge, has been unanimously re-elected to lead the Acadiana Legislative Delegation for 2023.  First elected chairman in 2017, Huval represents House District 46, which includes parts of St. Martin, St. Landry, and Iberia parishes.

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Bill would create Acadiana Watershed District

Chris Rosa / Abbeville Meridional
Wednesday, April 19, 2023
There is the saying, “Bigger is better.” Rep. Ryan Bourriaque is a firm believer in that saying. One of the eight bills Bourriaque, R-Abbeville, is trying to get approved by the legislature is House Bill 425. If approved by the House and Senate and signed by Gov.

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Built environment is strongest predictor of adolescent obesity

Harlan Kirgan
Wednesday, April 19, 2023
New research shows that the built environment, not social and economic environments, is a strong predictor of adolescents’ body mass index, or BMI, overweight and obesity status, and eating behaviors, according to a new study in Obesity, The Obesity Society’s flagship journal.
NASA has selected UL Lafayette’s CAPE satellite team for a return trip to space. Student researchers will design and build a larger, more sophisticated version of past satellites. The new model (inset) will be launched into space at an as-yet-undetermined date to gather data about radiation levels. (Photo from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette)

NASA has selected UL Lafayette’s CAPE satellite team for a return trip to space. Student researchers will design and build a larger, more sophisticated version of past satellites. The new model (inset) will be launched into space at an as-yet-undetermined date to gather data about radiation levels. (Photo from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette)

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NASA taps UL Lafayette’s CAPE satellite student team for return to space

Harlan Kirgan
Wednesday, April 19, 2023
A small solar-powered satellite designed and built by University of Louisiana at Lafayette student researchers will measure radiation levels in space to help keep astronauts – and the public – safe.
State Sen. Heather Cloud

State Sen. Heather Cloud

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Cloud focuses on 5 legislative initiatives for the session

Harlan Kirgan
Wednesday, April 19, 2023
State Sen. Heather Cloud, R-Ville Platte, has focused her attention on five issues facing the state of Louisiana, according to a news release from her office.
Sen. Gerald Boudreaux

Sen. Gerald Boudreaux

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Bill focuses on surgical smoke danger

Caden Lim / LSU Manship School News Service
Wednesday, April 19, 2023
The Senate Committee on Health and Welfare advanced a bill Tuesday to require Louisiana operating rooms to have equipment to remove harmful surgical smoke plumes. The bill’s author, Sen.
The white powdery substance contains the spores that infect next year’s plants if left on the ground. Be sure to rake up and remove all infected leaves and dispose of them in trash bags in the trash. (Photo by Hampton Grunewald/LSU AgCenter)

The white powdery substance contains the spores that infect next year’s plants if left on the ground. Be sure to rake up and remove all infected leaves and dispose of them in trash bags in the trash. (Photo by Hampton Grunewald/LSU AgCenter)

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What’s growing on my shrub?

Heather Kirk-Ballard / LSU AgCenter horticulturist
Friday, April 14, 2023
Noticed some type of alien growth on your azaleas this spring? I’ve recently gotten phone calls for strange growths on azalea shrubs that were described by the caller as what looked like “cauliflower ear” — enlarged and puffy.