The Courier (Houma, LA)

2 days ago | houmatoday.com | Piper Hutchinson

Louisiana lawmakers are considering a bill to extend TOPS tuition awards to students attending out-of-state medical and dental schools, provided they return to Louisiana to practice. The bill aims to address Louisiana's physician shortage, particularly in rural parishes. Recipients would be required to work in Louisiana for three years after graduation or repay the aid. The program is estimated to cost $1.3 million annually after four years.

3 days ago | houmatoday.com | Piper Hutchinson

Piper HutchinsonLouisiana IlluminatorPhyllis Taylor, widow of TOPS creator Patrick F. Taylor, spoke out against proposed changes to the Louisiana scholarship program. House Bill 77 would create a flat rate for TOPS awards, increasing costs for some students and decreasing them for others. The bill aims to address perceived funding inequities among Louisiana universities but could increase costs for LSU students.

5 days ago | houmatoday.com | Jonathan Limehouse

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that as of April 17, a total of 800 confirmed measles cases were reported by 25 jurisdictions in the US. Virginia is the 26th. The Virginia Department of Health confirmed the state's first measles case of the year, making it the 26th state to report cases amid a concerning outbreak.

1 week ago | houmatoday.com | Jay Cannon |Mary Walrath-Holdridge

Music streaming platform Spotify said it has resolved an outage affecting a large number of users on April 16. "Spotify experienced an outage today beginning around 6:20 am EDT. As of 11:45 am EDT, Spotify is back up and functioning normally. You can check @SpotifyStatus X channel for any additional updates," a Spotify spokesperson told USA TODAY in a statement. More than 48,000 users had reported issues accessing Spotify by 9:45 a.m. ET, according to outage tracking platform Downdetector.

1 week ago | houmatoday.com | Cory Diaz

BATON ROUGE – What better way for a baseball team to get a bad taste out of its mouth than by getting back out there. Over the weekend, LSU baseball was swept by No. 9 Auburn on the road at Plainsman Park. The Tigers managed eight runs in the three-game series, which was one of the lowest offensive outputs in a series since Jay Johnson has taken over as coach. The sweep dropped LSU (31-6, 10-5 SEC) four spots in the college baseball polls from No. 3 to No. 7.