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State Rep. Mike Huval

State Rep. Mike Huval

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Huval elected to lead the Acadiana Legislative Delegation

Rebecca Chaisson
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

Rebecca Chaisson
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

Rebecca Chaisson
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

Rebecca Chaisson
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

Rebecca Chaisson
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

Rebecca Chaisson
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?

Rebecca Chaisson
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.
Rep. Tony Bacala expressed concern about giving money to low-grade schools. (Photo by Francis Dinh/LSU Manship School News Service)

Rep. Tony Bacala expressed concern about giving money to low-grade schools. (Photo by Francis Dinh/LSU Manship School News Service)

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Teacher pay raise question

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, April 14, 2023
Conservative lawmakers’ concerns about spending some of the state’s surplus on teacher pay raises is already stirring up controversy on the third day of the session.

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Louisiana’s Unclaimed Property Program is 50 years old

Rebecca Chaisson
Wednesday, April 12, 2023
Louisiana State Treasurer John M. Schroder announced the 50th anniversary of Louisiana’s Unclaimed Property Program. More than half of the unclaimed property checks ever written from Louisiana Department of Treasury have been during Schroder’s administration.
Gov. John Bel Edwards spoke to both the House and Senate at the start of what is expected to be the last legislative session of his eight years in office. (Photo by Francis Dinh/LSU Manship School News Service)

Gov. John Bel Edwards spoke to both the House and Senate at the start of what is expected to be the last legislative session of his eight years in office. (Photo by Francis Dinh/LSU Manship School News Service)

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Edwards calls for teacher pay raises amid big surplus

Rebecca Chaisson
Tuesday, April 11, 2023
Gov. John Bel Edwards joined lawmakers at the start of the regular session Monday to outline his agenda in his final state of the state address and call on lawmakers to give pay raises of $3,000 to teachers and $1,500 to support workers. The state has a $1.