A state judge has rejected a legal challenge to Amendment 2’s placement on the ballot. Plaintiffs had sued to try to get the proposed rewrite of Article 7 of the state constitution off the ballot, calling the ballot language misleading. Judge Louise Hines rejected that claim in ruling in favor of the state, but she set her ruling aside so that an appeal can be heard. That’s scheduled for next Friday, March 21st.
There’s also an effort to get amendments 1 and 3 pulled from the constitutional amendment ballot, also citing alleged misleading ballot language. Bruce Reilly with Voice of the Experienced points out that in Amendment 3, the list of crimes in which juveniles can be tried in adult court would be stripped from the state constitution and would instead be decided by the legislature.
Cut 5 (11) “…to the politicians”
Early voting starts Saturday; Election Day is March 29th..
A new report by state auditors shows that the benefits of putting on a fortified roof greatly outweigh the costs of one. The Louisiana Legislative Auditor says fortified roofs have been shown to lower property insurance premiums by 22-percent. Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple says that amounts to an average discount of 12-hundred-50 dollars a year.
Cut 9 (06) “…and more affordable.”
The U-S Department of Education is laying off more than 13-hundred workers, which is half of its staff. The massive reduction in workers comes as President Trump has discussed dismantling the federal agency. Louisiana Superintendent of Education Cade Brumley supports the idea of eliminating the department of education and allowing the states to decide its educational needs…
The Department of Education was created in 1979 by President Jimmy Carter.