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Louisiana tops education report card measuring nationwide academic growth

Louisiana tops education report card measuring nationwide academic growth

Posted 7:26 AM 5/13/2026 by WBRZ Staff

BATON ROUGE — Louisiana topped a recent educational report card for academic growth nationwide. 

Louisiana students ranked first in the nation for reading growth and second in math growth on the latest Education Scorecard released by researchers from Harvard University, Stanford (More)

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Termites swarm southeast Louisiana on Tuesday evening

Posted 9:54 PM 5/12/2026 by WBRZ Staff

BATON ROUGE - Residents across the capital area and southeast Louisiana saw intense termite swarms Tuesday evening. 

WBRZ Chief Meteorologist Dr. Josh Eachus saw the swarm on the live weather radar. He said the green and blue blobs are bugs, not storms. 

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