Indiana is taking a lot of heat for its new “religious freedom” law. Sarah Jane Brady, with the Forum for Equality, hopes Louisiana can learn from Indiana when they push a law in the upcoming session that protects discrimination against people based on their sexual orientation and gender identity…
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A poll released by LSU shows that there is support for multistate educational standards in math and english, but when Common Core is used to describe those standards, support drops significantly. Michael Henderson, director of the LSU’s Public Policy Research Lab, says the political fighting has tainted the Common Core brand…
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The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana says a principal at Walnut Hill Elementary/Middle School in Shreveport is violating the Constitution by sending prayer messages to students. Louisiana ACLU executive director Marjorie Esman says religious references can also be found on the school’s website and they’ve alerted the Caddo Parish School Superintendentf…
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A spokesperson for the Caddo Parish school system says they are investigation and they’ll take steps to make sure they are not violating Church and State provision of the Constitution.

Baton Rouge representative Dalton Honore files a bill for the upcoming legislative session that would require all law enforcement officers to wear body cameras. He says there have been recent incidents around the country where body cameras would have answered a lot of questions. Honore feels that a body camera is a great tool in keeping everyone honest…
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