June 26, 2018

Baton Rouge
State budget approval ends third special session of 2018 three days before deadline
https://www.livingstonparishnews.com/state-budget-approval-ends-third-special-session-of-three-days/article_6018c30e-786c-11e8-b43e-83ebfae171f1.html

State officials to lecture 400 rising high school seniors
http://www.brproud.com/news/local-news/state-officials-to-lecture-400-rising-high-school-seniors/1263687609

Anatomy of a legislative deal: How Louisiana lawmakers arrived at final ‘compromise’
http://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/politics/legislature/article_fcd8c5ec-78b0-11e8-86a3-ffd3d084b0f8.html#utm_source=email&utm_campaign=NODai

La. budget deal spares two key education programs
http://www.dailycomet.com/news/20180625/la-budget-deal-spares-two-key-education-programs

Lafayette
Here’s what you need to know about a new hazing law in Louisiana
https://www.theadvertiser.com/story/news/local/education/2018/06/26/new-hazing-law-louisiana-legislature/686422002/

There’s a new hazing law in town. Here’s what it means. The Louisiana Legislature passed House Bill 78, now known as Act 635 or the Max Gruver Act aft
http://www.klfy.com/news/local/higher-education-and-tops-funding-continues-ul-lafayette-reacts/1263909331

Lake Charles
McNeese recognizes president’s list honorees
http://digital.olivesoftware.com/Olive/ODN/AmericanPress/shared/ShowArticle.aspx?doc=AMP%2F2018%2F06%2F26&entity=Ar00305&sk=2080A260&mode=text

Monroe
ULM students experience cardiology
https://www.thenewsstar.com/story/news/2018/06/25/ulm-students-experience-cardiology/726658002/

Ruston LDCC receives nearly $600K grant
http://www.myarklamiss.com/news/local-news/ruston-ldcc-receives-nearly-600k-grant/1262109031

New Orleans
Universities relieved by budget that will continue to fund agencies, TOPS
http://www.fox8live.com/story/38505305/universities-relieved-by-budget-that-will-continue-to-fund-agencies-tops

Regional/National
The Single Best Way to Help Older Students? ‘Colleges Shouldn’t Make Adults Do Scavenger Hunts’
https://www.chronicle.com/article/The-Single-Best-Way-to-Help/243752?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en&elqTrackId=abdb04a9f4a84499ace53828c7e4b9d4&el