U-S Senator John Kennedy believes former State Police leader Mike Edmonson owes the state back taxes for free housing and other benefits. Emelie Gunn has more…
A 71-year-old jail inmate who started serving a prison term while still a teenager will get his first parole hearing early next year. Henry Montgomery was sent to prison after killing an East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Deputy in 1963. Recently the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that juveniles have not been given a chance to argue for their release after getting life sentences without possibility for parole.
A grand jury meets for the first time today to determine if 10 LSU fraternity members should be charged in connection with Maxwell Gruver’s suspected hazing death. Loyola University Law Professor Dane Ciolino says the accused individuals have the opportunity to testify and tell their side of the story…
Cut 3 (11) “….telling him to drink”
All ten are facing a charge of hazing and one of the defendants has also been charged with negligent homicide.
A report gives Louisiana a “D” grade on efforts to improve financial literacy in high schools. Minden Representative Gene Reynolds passed a law in 2016 on this subject. Reynolds believes financial literacy is not being taught as extensively as it should, because schools are judged on how well students achieve in math and English…
Cut 15 (08) “…backburner”
Reynolds says he plans to discuss the issue with BESE.