Two bills that are key elements to a Common Core compromise passed the state House Wednesday. One bill lets the public and others review the English and math standards, which could result in changes to Common Core curriculum that the next governor would have to approve. The other seeks to control the state’s participation in tests associated with Common Core. Lake Charles Representative Brett Geymann, a Common Core opponent, says he’s comfortable with what they came up with…

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The legislation will next head to the Senate, which is expected to go along with the bills.

Nicholls State University has signed an educational partnership with Galliano-based offshore giant Edison Chouest that will allow their employees and family members earn a degree from the school. University President Bruce Murphy says the deal will waive out-of-state and international fees for students connected to Chouest. He says it was a natural for the school to team up with Edison Chouest…

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Murphy says the agreement not only covers on-campus courses, but online course opportunities as well.

A Political blogger says Governor Bobby Jindal violated the state constitution in issuing a press release through the governor’s office criticizing Presidential candidate Rand Paul. A Jindal spokesperson, Mike Reed, says the suggestion the Governor of Louisiana can not or should not comment on matters of national security is without merit. But CB Forgotston says Reed is dodging the issue…

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Jindal criticized the senator from Kentucky for saying that hawks in the Republican Party helped create ISIS.

Louisiana has its first female head football coach in history and she’ll be coaching a deaf squad. Susan Gremillion will coach the team at the Louisiana School for the Deaf in Baton Rouge. Gremillion, who was previously the squad’s special teams coordinator, says being the head coach is not about gender it’s about doing what you love…

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The War Eagles are an eight-man football team that went 7-2 last year.