With the legislative session set to end on Thursday at 6 PM, lawmakers are scrambling to come up with a budget proposal that Governor Jindal will sign. Eric Gill reports…
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Three bills that are a compromise in the dispute over the Common Core Education standards head to the governor’s desk. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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New Orleans Police say a man is dead after his truck crashed through a parking garage and fell to the street. Paul Colce, an eyewitness, says he was standing at Camp and Poydras streets when he heard the sound of glass breaking…
Police say the pickup truck was on the fifth or sixth level when it crashed through a steel cable barrier and a glass window before falling to the street. Colce says he and others ran to help, but quickly realized there was nothing they could do…
The driver of the truck was pronounced dead at the scene. Colce says it’s a stroke of luck that nobody else was hurt…
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With the legislative session set to end on Thursday at 6 PM, lawmakers are scrambling to come up with a budget proposal that Governor Jindal will sign. LaPolitics-dot-com Publisher Jeremy Alford says all major negotiations are occurring behind closed doors…
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Revenue raising bills that are critical to funding higher education and health care have been sent to Conference committees to hammer out differences between the House and Senate in closed door meetings. Alford says the big battle is the legislature versus the governor…
Lawmakers have struggled to come up with a budget that is revenue neutral, as required by Governor Jindal. Alford doesn’t think anyone at the State Capitol knows how this session will wind up…
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The St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s office says a teenager from Opelousas tragically lost her life after a tree fell on top of her car. Spokesman Lt. Clay Higgins says the incident happened around 2pm Tuesday and they presume there were strong storms in the area when 17-year-old Gaberielle Lajack was backing out of her own driveway…:
Higgins says the coroner pronounced Lajack dead at the scene. He says Lajack was a beautiful young lady, niece to one of their deputies and the incident has everyone in total shock…:
Higgins says he stayed at the house until late last night along with other responders who were moving the tree away from the house…:
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The governor’s office says Bobby Jindal plans to sign the three bills that have been described as a compromise in the battle over Common Core. Council for a Better Louisiana President Barry Erwin says the bottom line is that the Common Core education standards stay in Louisiana public school classrooms…
Four panels, mostly be made up of teachers, will review Common Core and make recommendations to BESE. Erwin says a key component is that the next governor will have the ability to reject any proposed changes to Common Core
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Council for a Better Louisiana is a supporter of Common Core and Erwin says they don’t have a problem with the legislation lawmakers approved this session…
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