LSU’s 2021 Louisiana Survey found that 56-percent of parents of school-age children think their child learned less over the past year than they would have if not for the pandemic. But LSU Public Policy Research Lab director, Doctor Michael Henderson, says 77-percent of the respondents are not blaming the school system…
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21-percent of parents are dissatisfied with the instruction their child’s school provided.

There will be a bill heard in the upcoming legislative session that seeks to increase the state’s gasoline tax in an effort to improve the state’s roads and bridges. Baton Rouge Barbara Freiberg is proposing to increase the state’s gasoline tax by ten cents and then it would increase by two pennies every other year until 2033. Freiberg says electric and hybrid vehicle owners would also pay annual fees…
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The bill is expected to face stiff opposition when the legislative session begins next week.

A West Monroe Senator files legislation calling for Louisiana to become the nation’s 19th “Constitutional Carry” state. Matt Doyle has more.
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KSLA-TV is reporting that a woman was fatally shot in Shreveport last night when a fight between two women escalated. According to the report, a boyfriend of one of the women pulled out a gun and killed the victim. No arrests have been made.