The Louisiana Senate has passed legislation mandating the Ten Commandments be displayed in public school and college classrooms on a 30 to 8 vote. New Orleans Senator Royce Duplessis challenged Bossier City Senator Adam Bass who presented House Bill 71 in the upper chamber.
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The measure still needs House approval on Senate changes and then it heads to the governor’s desk.

Governor Landry continues to push the Senate to pass the Gator Scholarship Program which will make public dollars available to families of all income levels to pay for private school. Political analyst Bernie Pinsonat…
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One of Landry’s campaign promises was school choice. But senators are concerned about the cost of the program. One estimate has it costing the state 529-million dollars in the third year of the program.

Graduation ceremonies take place today at LSU but there is a sense of sadness as Giselle and Jean-Luc Doucet, along with their father, Doctor Tre Doucet were killed in a plane crash near Nashville, Tennessee on Wednesday. Officials say their 1966 Beechcraft V-35 Bonanza plane broke apart mid-air as it was heading to Louisville, Kentucky. The NTSB’s Aaron McCarter says the age of the plane is not a concern…
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Doucet was known was an avid flight enthusiast and the Opelousas native was a plastic surgeon in Baton Rouge.

National Safe Boating Week gets underway tomorrow. Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries senior agent Thomas Wolf says make sure your life jackets are in good shape…
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Between 2019 and 2023 the state reported 107 boating fatalities and 82 percent of the victims weren’t wearing a lifejacket.