The four announced candidates for governor will discuss issues impacting small businesses in a forum hosted by National Federation of Independent Business. Jeff Palermo has more…

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The Assumption Parish Sheriff’s Office arrested a Donaldsonville woman for allegedly trying to bribe a correctional officer into allowing her to visit an inmate at the Detention Center. They say 37-year-old Latisha Haynes offered cash to the officer. When she was taken into custody, it was discovered Haynes had marijuana-laced cigarettes, a cell phone, and a phone charger she intended to bring into the jail. Haynes is charged with bringing contraband into a penal institution, public bribery, and possession with intent to distribute marijuana.

State Judge Tim Kelley throws out a lawsuit filed by seventeen lawmakers that sought to remove Common Core from Louisiana’s public schools. Judge Kelley says he dismissed the suit, because it should have been filed within two years after BESE approved Common Core in 2010. Despite the judge’s ruling, Lake Charles Representative Brett Geymann says they’ll continue efforts to eliminate Common Core through the courts and the upcoming legislative session…

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State Education Superintendent John White applauds Judge Kelly’s decision.

Lafayette State Senator Page Cortez introduces 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 studies have shown that less than 4-percent of US born high school students can pass the test. Cortez says there’s more to this than just smartening up kids in civics class…

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He says there is a national concern that naturalized citizens know more about our government than natural-born citizens.