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State Representative Rickey Hardy joined "Mornings With Ken & Bernie" to be the guest for "Acadiana Live".  Hardy is part of the Acadiana delegation at the State Legislature.

An independent study examining a possible merger between two New Orleans universities was due today.

A judge is hearing arguments Thursday in a lawsuit seeking to stop any effort toward consolidating Southern's New Orleans campus with the University of New Orleans.

In the wake of Governor Bobby Jindal's call for the Louisiana Board of Regents to look at the idea of merging the University of New Orleans and Southern University at New Orleans,

Governor Bobby Jindal and his administrative team are looking at ways to make cuts to the 1.6 billion dollar budget deficit.  State Senator Elbert Guillory says he thinks UNO and SUNO should be consolidated.

The Louisiana Legislative Black Caucus says its members will oppose any attempt to merge the University of New Orleans campus with the historically black Southern University at New Orleans campus.

Governor Bobby Jindal wants the Board of Regents to undertake a study of whether the University of New Orleans and Southern University of New Orleans should be merged and become part of the University of Louisiana System.