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Editorial: State shouldn’t leave Southern in the dark

Sporadic power outages have plagued the Baton Rouge campus of the nations only HBCU system. Officials say they will go to the state Legislature for the $50 million needed for infrastructure upgrades. We urge lawmakers to write the check.

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