WDSU President and General Manager Joel Vilmenay issues an editorial on the ongoing issues with the state’s budget, which also trickles down to Louisiana’s standing in the U.S.
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Lafayette’s City Council approved a yearlong stay on new drilling applications within city limits on Tuesday night.
Merrily Mazza was the sole council member voting against the ordinance.
If officially sanctioned next month — on second reading — the moratorium would preempt new oil and gas development until late 2018, unless officials iron out new regulations before then, they said.
The ordinance would halt the “submission, acceptance, processing, and approval … of all land use applications, including all special use review applications” aimed at the “exploration or extraction, and related operations and activities, of oil and gaseous materials.”
It would also include pending applications and applications to “expand the scope of existing special use review approvals.”
Read the full story at TimesCall.com.
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Louisiana’s medical marijuana program is edging closer to kickoff, but doctors have been slow to embrace the new medication option.
Only two doctors have applied for the permit required to offer medical-grade pot to patients, according to information The Associated Press obtained from the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners under a Public Records Law request.
One permit application has been approved, while the other is under review.
That’s raising questions about whether patients struggling with chronic pain and suffering will gain access to the drug they sought.
Medical marijuana is a controversial subject in the conservative Southern state. But Sen. Fred Mills, the Republican pharmacist who sponsored the laws, still hopes to see an uptick in permit requests from doctors when the drug is closer to release next summer.
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WEST LAFAYETTE – The West Lafayette girls soccer team scored early and often and rolled to a 6-3 victory over Hanover Central in the first round of the West Lafayette sectional Tuesday night.
The Red Devils will face Culver, an 11-0 victor over Benton Central, at 5:30 p.m. Thursday at the West Lafayette field. Kankakee Valley will take on Twin Lakes in the other semifinal at 7:30.
West Lafayette was coming off a tough loss to Harrison last week. After trailing Harrison 3-0 early, the Red Devils rallied to tie the score before losing 4-3. That loss played a big part in Tuesday’s victory.
“It felt like more of a win for us after coming back from the three goal deficit,” West Lafayette coach Shauna Stapleton said. “I think it showed our players that the game is not over until it is over.”
“I think that was the first game that we stepped it up and went hard for the full 80 minutes,” West Lafayette’s midfielder Madeline Lynam said. “We know how that should feel now.”
The Red Devils did not need to rally to win in their first sectional game. They jumped out to a 4-0 lead and were up 5-1 at halftime behind the play of Lynam and Katy Penquite.
Lynam accounted for two goals and had one assist while Penquite added a goal and had two assists.
“It was very important for us to get off to a fast start,” Lynam said. “We make it a goal to score within the first five minutes of every game. It gets us off to a great start and sets a good tempo for the rest of the game.”
Penquite got things started for West Lafayette by knocking in a goal with 35:36 left in the first half. The Red Devils scored less than two minutes later when Alyson Haehl scored off a scramble in front of the goal after a corner kick from Avery Bartlett.
Caroline Sautter made it 3-0 West Lafayette with 27:45 left. Lynam got her first goal to run the lead to 4-0 with 12:46 remaining.
Hanover Central, which had only three shots on goal in the first 40 minutes, finally got on the scoreboard when Madison Spejewski scored off a corner kick from Breanna Nirtaut.
Lynam got the final goal of the half off of a Sautter assist with 8:45 left to make it 5-1 at the break.
“I thought our offense looked very strong,” Stapleton said. “We played very quick and had a creative attack.”
Things slowed down for the Red Devils in the second half. Alexandra Lynam sent a long shot into the net off another assist by Penquite to give the Red Devils their biggest lead at 6-1. But that would be the final score for the Red Devils.
“We had a couple defensive errors in the second half,” Stapleton said. “I don’t think it was because of the lack of effort. We just have some things we need to sharpen up."
Then Hanover Central mounted a mini-comeback. With many of the West Lafayette starters on the bench, the Wildcats got their second goal when Savannah Ferry scored off a rebound shot to make it 6-2.
Alexis Vera brought the Wildcats to 6-3 when she sailed a penalty kick just outside the box over the West Lafayette goalie with 16 minutes left to play.
“We rested a lot of starters in the second half,” Madeline Lynam said. “I think overall we did what we had to do. There were a couple breakdowns that we will be working on before we play Culver.”
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Will the state of Louisiana ever catch a break? That’s what many who live here wonder, as do many more who used to live there or know someone that still lives there.
The state was famously thrashed by Hurricane Katrina some years back, which killed many and destroyed entire portions of New Orleans and surrounding parishes. The city has rebounded nicely since then, with much of the rest of the nation contributing all it could to the recovery efforts.
Unfortunately, the state of Louisiana did not go unscathed in the hurricane season of 2017. While Harvey, Irma, and Maria primarily hit places like Texas, Florida, and Puerto Rico, this particular state was on the outer edges of many of these storms or dealt with their remnants after they made landfall in other places.
Those other places did get hit harder and are deservedly getting most of the attention, but possibly too much so. Louisiana did see a lot of rain and flooding, and there are many structures that took wind damage or are sitting on ground that absorbed too much moisture.
Water is a huge risk to the state, especially in the bayou of the lower state. While the cause of rising sea levels is under serious political dispute, many home- and land-owners on the coast or in the bayou know all too well that water levels are higher than they were a generation ago, and some lots have been abandoned already. A number of towns know they are on a clock, and some have already relocated further inland.
Conversely, the sediment carried into the Gulf of Mexico by the mighty Mississippi River has been increasing the delta at the river mouth for eons, and so that is one part of the state where the amount of land is actually winning against the water.
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