Public and charter school students could be required to learn cursive writing, as a bill to mandate script is moving through the legislature without opposition. Hammond Representative Chris Broadwater says kids need to learn to write in cursive so they can read historic documents…:
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The measure passed out of House Education today with an amendment to include charter schools.

Two Alabama football players were arrested in Monroe this morning on drug and weapons charges. Cops say Offensive lineman Cameron Robinson and defensive back Hootie Jones, two former northeast Louisiana prep stars, were sitting in a car that smelled like weed in Forsythe Park around 2am. The University of Alabama has yet to comment on the arrests.

A bill has been approved by the Senate and the House Transportation that would raise the fine for texting or using social media while driving from $175 to $500 for a first offense. Halen Doughty has more…:
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The state Department of Revenue announces there will be no Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday this year. Normally the weekend you can get items like batteries, flashlights and generators without having to pay the state’s sales tax occurs in the last Saturday and Sunday each May, but not in 2016.