The governor’s office says Bobby Jindal plans to sign the three bills that have been described as a compromise in the battle over Common Core. Council for a Better Louisiana President Barry Erwin says the bottom line is that the education standards will stay in public school classrooms…:
CUT 12 (10) “Common Core”
Four panels that will mostly be made up of teachers will review Common Core and make recommendations to BESE. The next governor will have the ability to reject any proposed changes.

The St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s office says a teenager from Opelousas tragically lost her life after a tree fell on top of her car. Spokesman Lt. Clay Higgins says the incident happened around 2pm Tuesday and they presume there were strong storms in the area when 17-year-old Gaberielle Lajack was backing out of her own driveway…:
CUT 9 (08) “at that time”
Higgins says the coroner pronounced Lajack dead at the scene.

With the legislative session set to end on Thursday at 6 PM, lawmakers are scrambling to come up with a budget proposal that Governor Jindal will sign. LaPolitics-dot-com Publisher Jeremy Alford says all major negotiations are occurring behind closed doors…:
CUT 6 (10) “conference committees”
Lawmakers have struggled to come up with a budget that is revenue neutral, as required by Governor Jindal.

New Orleans Police say a man is dead after his truck crashed through a parking garage and fell to the street. Paul Colce, an eyewitness standing at Camp and Poydras says he and others ran to help but it was too late…:
CUT 4 (08) “couldn’t do it”
The driver of the truck was pronounced dead at the scene.