A special meeting of the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education takes place this morning to discuss a major change on how high schools are graded. BESE President James Garvey supports a proposal put forth by the department of education that would give more weight to schools who provide technical courses…
cut 14 (10) “…four year college”

Now that the elections are (for the most part) over in Louisiana, political attention will turn to the 2023 race to be Louisiana’s next governor. ULM political science professor Joshua Stockley says he is actually surprised that there hasn’t been more talk of who is and isn’t running next fall…:
Cut 10 (10) “…un-exciting midterm.”
So far only one major candidate has officially entered the race. Attorney General Jeff Landry has already picked up the endorsement of the Louisiana Republican Party Executive Committee, which has upset potential GOP candidates.

Election results for the town of Melville are in limbo after the incumbent Mayor, 84-year-old Velma Hendrix was killed in a car crash on Election Day. Brooke Thorington explains.
Cut 2 (33) “…I’m Brooke Thorington.”

In Bogalusa, a 23-year-old has been elected as mayor. Tyrin Truong received 56-percent of the vote, beating out two others, including incumbent Wendy Perette who finished third in the three-person race. Perette was elected in 2014. Mayor-Elect Troung says the campaign was never about him, but building a better Bogalusa.