The U.S. Supreme Court has sided with Louisiana’s injunction blocking the Biden administration’s expansion of Title IX to include gender identity. The Court rejected the Biden administration’s attempt to vacate a temporary injunction Louisiana sought immediately after the ruling. Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill says the expanded Title IX rule is also an assault on free speech…

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A Baton Rouge took the stage at the Democratic National Convention last night…telling her story of being turned away from two hospitals because abortion was banned in Louisiana. Kaitlyn Joshua was one of three women who have been traveling the nation for the Harris For President Campaign on a Reproductive Rights Tour. Joshua said she retells her painful story to bring awareness to the direct impacts that overturning abortion rights has on mothers trying to access basic maternal health care.
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Public school enrollment in Louisiana is down five percent this year. According to a report from the Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana (PAR) by five percent, the reduction in enrollment poses challenges for the state’s education system, particularly in terms of funding. PAR President Steve Procopio…

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State Superintendent of Education Dr. Cade Brumley’s Let Teachers Teach policy package is being considered by the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education which meets today and tomorrow. Dr. Brumley says the main points of Let Teachers Teach include explicit expectations for student discipline, allowing teachers more freedom over lesson planning, and reducing state-mandated teacher training…

Cut 14 (12)  “…teach their kids.”