The House Education Committee revised a bill to prevent hazing, initially requiring a semester-long course for students joining campus groups. Due to cost concerns, it was replaced with a two-hour annual training. The bill was proposed by New Orleans Democrat Delisha Boyd after Southern University student Caleb Wilson’s hazing-related death.
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The summer heat has officially arrived in Louisiana. LSU Public Health Climatologist Barry Keim forecast temperatures expected to soar this weekend.
If you want to catch the Saints on primetime television this season, don’t hold your breath. Andrew Greenstein reports.
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Addis native John Foster is back in LA, preparing for Sunday’s season finale of American Idol after a whirlwind day in his hometown, which included a parade and a mini-concert and a stop by the State Capitol, where lawmakers issued a proclamation in his honor. Livonia Republican Jeremy LaCombe urged his members – and all Louisianans – to vote for Foster on Sunday, as many times as the show allows.