Monday, August 7, 2023 BusinessPolitics State must work to close funding gap between Southern, LSU, Gov. Edwards says By Louisiana Illuminator - August 7, 2023 FacebookTwitterLinkedinEmailPrint Southern University's campus in Baton Rouge.(File photo) Gov. John Bel Edwards says more work is needed to close the gap in funding between the state’s two land-grant universities. Already an INSIDER? Sign in.