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Tina Marie Broussard has risen through the ranks of the registrar of voters’ office in the court house. She now sits behind the desk given to the Vermilion Parish registrar of voters. She is the first female in the parish to hold that title.

Making History: Broussard is Vermilion Parish's first female Registrar of Voters

On Thursday, the Vermilion Parish Police Jury interviewed and then hired the new registrar of voters for the parish. It was also a historical hire.
The policy jury unanimously selected Tina Marie Broussard as the next registrar of voters. She is no stranger to the office.

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A telehealth system being designed in the College of Nursing and Allied Health Professions will enable faculty members and students to assist overburdened medical professionals working in emergency rooms and urgent care clinics. The network is being implemented through a $271,850 grant from the Federal Communications Commission. (Photo credit: Doug Dugas / University of Louisiana at Lafayette)

UL Lafayette's College of Nursing and Allied Health Professions creating telehealth system

The College of Nursing and Allied Health Professions at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette is developing a telehealth network designed to ease workloads of health care professionals in emergency rooms and urgent care clinics.
Faculty members and students will help hospitals and physicians screen people with COVID-19. The system will also enable the college’s nurse practitioners to diagnose and provide treatment plans for patients with less serious conditions, such as viral infections or sinusitis, for example.

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Rice is moved from a grain cart to a trailer to be hauled to a rice dryer. Photo by Bruce Schultz/LSU AgCenter

Louisiana rice harvest reaching half-way mark

CROWLEY — The harvest for the 2020 rice crop in south Louisiana is nearing the halfway point, and the result is a big improvement over a string of bad to mediocre years.
“If these yields hold out, I believe it would tie the second-highest-yielding year, and it still has the potential to be a record if the high yields hold out,” said LSU AgCenter rice specialist Dustin Harrell. “Regardless if the current crop does not reach the record, it will definitely rank up there with one of our highest-yielding years.”

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