Louisiana’s public school report card is out, and the number of schools scoring “A”s is down while “F”s are up, with 40 percent of schools ordered to submit plans to improve their performance, but there’s a catch, standards were raised this year. Superintendent of Education John White says the bar was raised in several areas.
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13 percent of schools scored an A, while 12- percent of schools nabbed an F rating.

Veterans Day is Sunday. A few years back, there were mounting complaints against V-A hospitals, but Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary, Colonel Joey Strickland, says medical needs for vets have improved…
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Two Republican-run states raised their minimum wage Tuesday, and advocates say that’s great ammunition for Louisiana’s upcoming attempt in 2019.
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An employee at McDonald’s in Columbia is facing gun and drug charges after she allegedly dropped a gun in the restaurant. The weapon went off and a bullet hit a water line in the ceiling. There were no injuries, but Caldwell Parishes deputies arrested the worker and the McDonald’s was closed to fix the water line.