Governor Jeff Landry has made a formal request to the Pentagon for the federal government to pay for the deployment of one thousand Louisiana National Guard Troops, who will assist local law enforcement in fighting crime. Landry, who appeared on Fox News last night, says when he took office last year, there was a decline in violent crime in New Orleans, but recently they’ve seen an uptick…
The Louisiana ACLU says the militarization of citizens is a gross abuse of power and a waste of critical resources.
The U-S Department of Education is sending Louisiana 13-point-five million dollars to be divided up among numerous charter schools. Assistant Superintendent in the Office of the School Choice, Germaine Gilson says charter schools are an important piece in the state’s effort to expand school choice options, and the state wants them to succeed…
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A state representative from Rapides Parish says laws need to be beefed up amid a series of social media threats against high schools. Andrew Greenstein reports.
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A federal government shutdown is set to begin at 11 PM tonight, unless Democrats and Republicans can come to agreement on government funding. Republicans say Democrats want to provide government benefits to undocumented workers, New Orleans Congressman Troy Carter says the GOP is governing through deception, and that’s not the way to govern…
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