Another court hearing regarding the controversial Common Core education standards takes place today. Common Core supporters were victorious last week when Judge Tim Kelley denied a request from 17 lawmakers to halt the implementation of the academic standards. Council For a Better Louisiana President Barry Erwin says that ruling is not a predictor of what will happen today…

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At issue today is whether Governor Jindal violated his constitutional authority when he took steps to suspend testing contracts tied to Common Core.

Forty-five years ago today Hurricane Camille, one of the most destructive hurricanes in US history, made landfall along the Gulf Coast. The 1969 hurricane season was very active as there were 12 hurricanes, the second most in US history. State Climatologist Barry Keim says Camille’s the reason we now have the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale…

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The storm killed an estimated 150 people in Louisiana and Mississippi.
Louisiana Economic Development has created a new website to help meet recruitment needs of Louisiana employers and to be a centralized hub for job seekers. Louisiana Job Connection will automatically match job seekers with jobs they are most qualified. Executive Director Kristi Williams says the site is not only free for job seekers, but to any business in the state, too…

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She says businesses have been posting available jobs on the website for the last few months. The website is LouisianaJobConnection-dot-com.

The upcoming CBS Television series “NCIS: New Orleans” will do some filming in Baton Rouge this week at the USS KIDD. USS KIDD Executive Director Alex Juan hopes this is the start of a beautiful relationship between the show and the KIDD…

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The KIDD will be closed to the public through Friday. No word on when the episode will air, but the series premiere of “NCIS: New Orleans” is set for September 23rd.