The state Department of Education released LEAP scores today and third through 12th grade public school students achieved the highest overall Mastery-plus rate in state history at 36-percent. State Superintendent of Education Cade Brumley…
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Since 2021, statewide Mastery-plus has improved or held steady every year in grades three through eight and four of the past five years in grades three through 12th grade.
The lawyer for Attorney General Liz Murrill calls the 16-count Orleans Parish grand jury indictment against her client a political witch hunt. Laura Rodrigue says Murrill was simply doing her job in enforcing a law that the legislature had passed in consolidating the Orleans Parish clerks of court, noting that it was the only parish that had separate criminal and civil courts.
Right now the indictment is on hold as a result of an emergency stay ordered by the Louisiana Supreme Court.
A shooting in downtown Shreveport early Sunday morning left one dead and an officer injured. Kace Kieschnick reports.
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A tree fell on the home of Skip Bertman’s Baton Rouge home yesterday during a strong thunderstorm that knocked out power to thousands of customers. The legendary LSU baseball coach is okay, but the garage and a vehicle were severely damaged. Crews were at his home today removing the tree.