A state judge throws out a lawsuit filed by seventeen lawmakers that sought to remove Common Core from Louisiana’s public schools. Judge Tim Kelley says he dismissed the suit, because it should have been filed within two years after BESE approved Common Core in 2010. Lake Charles Representative Brett Geymann disagrees with Judge Kelley’s ruling, because the adoption of Common Core was done illegally and without public comment….

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Geymann says an appeal is planned.

Lafayette State Senator Page Cortez proposes a bill that would require state high school students to pass a test equal to the civics portion of the US Naturalization Test. He says there is a concern nationally that that naturalized citizens know more about our government than natural-born citizens. Cortez says his bill will ultimately make this test a requirement for graduation…

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He says studies have shown that less than 4-percent of US born high school students can pass the test.

The National Federation of Independent Business will host a panel discussion today featuring the four announced candidates for governor. Louisiana NFIB Director Dawn Starns expects the candidates to address several issues regarding small business…

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The Louisiana Restaurant Association and the Louisiana Retailers Association are co-hosting the event.

A Bossier Parish man’s bond is set at three-million dollars and he faces up to 120 years in prison if convicted on child pornography charges. State Police trooper Matt Harris says during a search of 60-year-old Robert Childs’ home they found cameras that were recording houses in the neighborhood where children lived…

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Childs was charged with 300 counts of possession of child pornography and three counts of distribution of child porn.