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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)

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.
Sen. Gerald Boudreaux

Sen. Gerald Boudreaux

Bill focuses on surgical smoke danger

Harlan Kirgan
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)

What’s growing on my shrub?

Harlan Kirgan
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)

Teacher pay raise question

Harlan Kirgan
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.

Louisiana’s Unclaimed Property Program is 50 years old

Harlan Kirgan
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)

Edwards calls for teacher pay raises amid big surplus

Harlan Kirgan
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.

Gov. Edwards' 2023 Regular Session remarks

Harlan Kirgan
Monday, April 10, 2023
Gov. Edwards' 2023 Regular Session remarks As prepared for delivery: Mr. Speaker, Mr. President, members of legislature, distinguished guests and my fellow Louisianans. This is the eighth time I’ve delivered the State of the State address.
Perennials are low maintenance and cost effective because they come back year after year.

Perennials are low maintenance and cost effective because they come back year after year.

Annuals, perennials have special roles in your landscape

Harlan Kirgan
Thursday, April 6, 2023
Spring is here, and it’s time to get into the garden. Annuals, perennials, vines, groundcovers, shrubs, trees, fruits and veggies — oh my! With so many plants to choose from, where do we start?