The Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education unanimously approved new policies from the Let Teachers Teach workgroup. Mel Bridges has the details.
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Lafourche Parish deputies arrested 19-year-old Tyaliah Adams for possessing a gun in the parking lot of the Thibodaux High School football stadium. Adams allegedly brandished the firearm during an altercation between two males. Authorities say when she showed the gun, everyone fled the scene.

During a speech in front of the Monroe Chamber of Commerce, Governor Jeff Landry touted the passage of a bill that allows prosecutors to charge a 17-year-old as an adult when a serious crime was committed. Landry believes this legislation will address the rising levels of violent crime among teens…
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Landry says the Louisiana Legislature also did a good thing when it appropriated 100-million dollars to increase bed space for juvenile offenders.

The World Health Organization declared monkeypox, or m-pox, a global health emergency as the disease ravages Africa. Tulane Epidemiology Professor Dr. Susan Hassig says mpox was able to spread so quickly among African countries because of…
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Hassig says while mpox is a concern, it’s not likely to affect the U.S. or even tourists to Africa, since mpox spreads via intimate contact.