Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill is preparing to defend the state’s Ten Commandments Law, which faces a legal challenge. The Ten Commandments are to be displayed in every public-school classroom starting January first. Murrill says the Ten Commandments represent the foundation of our laws and that’s the argument she’ll make to a federal judge…
Cut 12 (12) “…historical context.”
The ACLU says displaying the Ten Commandments in classrooms is an unconstitutional religious coercion of students.
Talk of a special session next month so that lawmakers can then vote to hold a constitutional convention…is dead. Lapolitics.com publisher Jeremy Alford says changes to the constitution could be needed to respond to this potential budget deficit, but legislative leaders still might not want to take the dramatic step of holding a constitutional convention…
The US Senate Health Committee has voted 16-4 to subpoena the CEO of Steward Health, Dr. Richard de la Torra. Committee Co-Chair Senator Bill Cassidy says Steward’s financial mismanagement has had deadly consequences.
Glenwood in West Monroe is one of 31 Steward hospitals across the country.
Phase 2 of the state’s SUN Bucks program begins this week. It’s a program that provides a one-time payment of 120-dollars to low-income families who can use the money to help pay for groceries when children are out of school for the summer months. DCFS Economic Stability Director Timothy Jenkins says EBT cards will be sent in waves over the next few weeks…
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