State district Judge Tim Kelly has denied a temporary injunction to halt Common Core from being used in Louisiana classrooms. 17 state legislators are suing BESE and the Department of Education claiming they broke state law when adopting the controversial education standards. Kelly’s ruling means the implementation of Common Core continues in Louisiana, for now.

Campaign finance reports show Republican Congressman and US Senate candidate Bill Cassidy surpassing Democratic incumbent Senator Mary Landrieu when it comes to cash on hand. Don Molino has that…

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LSU is currently involved in research focusing on cars that will have the ability to communicate with each other. Engineering Professor Sheriff (sha-REEF) Ishak (EYE-shack) says information will be passed from one vehicle to another along a network, similar to the way Wi-Fi works. He says studies of the system are currently underway…

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He says cars will be able to warn drivers down the road of accidents, traffic jams, and other road hazards.

Speaking of cars, Elio Motors is about a year away from producing its three-wheeled vehicle at the former General Motors plant in Shreveport. Paul Elio has told the Associated Press that 27-thousand people have already reserved one of their cars that will get 84 miles to the gallon and cost 68-hundred dollars. Caddo Parish Commissioner Michael Thibodeaux says he’s not surprised in the interest

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Elio plans to produce 250-thousand cars a year at the Shreveport facility by 2016.