So far during this legislative session, House Republicans have resisted Governor Edwards proposal for additional funding for public schools, because they say Louisiana already spends the national average when it comes to per pupil funding. But Edwards says funding for Louisiana public schools has been stagnant for too long…
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The Senate seems to be in agreement with Edwards that public school funding needs to go up.

The House is expected to take up legislation today that would ban drivers from touching their cell phones while behind the wheel. Bill author, Breaux Bridge Representative Mike Huval says the proposal is a life saver, and a cost saver…
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Opponents say why just signal out cell phones when it comes it distractions in a vehicle.

It is National Police Week and personal finance website WalletHub releases a report that ranks Louisiana as the worst state for police officers…
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Over four-thousand students were awarded undergraduate or graduate degrees from LSU this past weekend. One of them is a convicted murderer. 37-year-old Andrew Hundley was 15-years-old when he killed a 14-year-old in 1997 and sentenced to life in prison. But Hundley received a second chance at freedom when the Supreme Court made it unconstitutional to sentence juvenile defendants to a mandatory life sentence without parole.