A state judge throws out a lawsuit that sought to remove Common Core from Louisiana. Judge Tim Kelley says the suit should have been filed within two years after BESE approved Common Core in 2010. Seventeen lawmakers filed the lawsuit, and Lake Charles Representative Brett Geymann says they plan to appeal, because the adoption of Common Core was done illegally and without public comment…
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Superintendent of Education John White applauds the ruling.

The Louisiana Democratic Party endorses Amite Representative John Bel Edwards as its candidate in Louisiana’s governor’s race. Political analyst Bernie Pinsonat on what Edwards has to focus on next…
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Pinsonat says the endorcement will keep other major Democratic candidates, like Mitch Landrieu, from jumping into the race.

Authorites are investigating a fatal boat wreck on the Pearl River in St. Tammany Parish. The accident killed 41 year-old Terry O’Keefe Jr. of Folsom. Three children onboard survived because they were wearing life vests, including one 4 year-old who got stuck under the boat…
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That’s LDWF spokesman Adam Eink, who says another passenger-31 year old Jonie Morgan-is still missing.

Sea turtles, dolphins, fish and birds are still suffering from the BP oil spill that occurred nearly five years ago, according to a report from the National Wildlife Federation. Ryan Fikes, lead author, says comprehensive modeling estimates that 32-percent of the laughing gulls in the northern gulf died as a result of the oil spill…
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He says the exposure to oil has also been shown to cause abnormal development in many species of fish.