New Orleans Congressman Cedric Richmond is concerned that airfare prices have not gone down despite the drop in fuel costs. Richmond says it only seems fair that with the cost of fuel dropping rapidly, that some of those savings be passed on to consumers…

cut 4 (09) “to American families”

Richmond wants an explanation of what exactly makes up the price of an airline ticket.

It’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day, which marks the birthday of the chief spokesman for the civil rights movement. King is credited with helping advance civil rights and was assassinated in 1968. Dr. Faye Williams of Alexandria currently serves as the Chair of the National Congress of Black Women and she says a lot has changed since then…

cut 7 (11) “will live on”

King’s 17 minute long speech at the March on Washington in 1963, which became known as I Have A Dream, is regarded as one of the finest speeches in the history of American oratory.

The Louisiana Department of Education has tapped Gibson Elementary School in Terrebonne Parish and Claiborne Fundamental Elementary School in Shreveport as this year’s National Title I Distinguished Schools. Gibson principal Sharon Henry says the secret to such success is working together to do what’s right for kids…

cut 13 (07) “be successful”

Henry says 89% of her students are considered economically disadvantaged and the academic progress they have made is remarkable.

Baton Rouge state Senator Sharon Weston Broome is concerned about a department of education report showing more than 61-thousand public school students received an out of school suspension last academic year as a result disciplinary action. Broome says she’s meeting with school officials in an attempt to find out if sending a disruptive or troubled child home is the best punishment…

cut 10 (10) “minor infractions”

The report says out of school suspensions and expulsions were the result of fights, willful disobedience, disrespect of teachers, or the use of drugs on campus.