A bill that would require all public high school students to pass the US Citizenship exam is awaiting Governor Bobby Jindal’s signature. Louisiana would be the 8th state to enact such legislation. Frank Riggs is the president and CEO of the Joe Foss Institute which leads the National Civics Education Initiative…

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Under the new law, civics courses in the state will have to contain curriculum on the same subject matter that is taught to immigrants seeking to become citizens.

In the 5th Week of the Louisiana Radio Network’s Governor Q&A, we asked the major candidates for Governor about the controversial SAVE legislation. The measure was pushed by Governor Bobby Jindal in the last session as a way to keep the budget “revenue-neutral.” Public Service Commissioner Scott Angelle…

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You can hear all candidate answers at louisianaradionetwork-dot-com.

A district court judge in New Orleans denies a petition from the estranged heirs of Saints and Pelicans Owner Tom Benson that claimed the 87-year-old is mentally unfit to run his professional sports teams. But Legal analyst Tim Meche says the real court battle is over Benson’s trust funds and whether he can get them changed so that his wife Gayle can assume ownership of the teams when he dies…

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Meche says Benson will have a tougher time when it comes to getting a judge to remove Renee Benson and her two children as the future owners of the teams.

The LSU baseball team’s season ended last night with an 8-to-4 loss to TCU in the College World Series.  The Tigers end their season with a 54-12 record.