11:30 Newscast August 20, 2014

Judge Todd Hernandez has sided with Common Core proponents Tuesday and lifted the Jindal administration’s suspension of testing contracts tied to the controversial education standards. This lawsuit was filed by teachers and parents who claim Governor Jindal overstepped his Constitutional authority when he halted the implementation of Common Core. An attorney for the plaintiffs, Stephen Kupperman, says they’re obviously pleased with the ruling…

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The governor’s office says they will appeal the ruling.

Shreveport Police are investigating a shooting involving a security officer at the Shreveport Regional Airport. Authorities believe there was some kind of dispute between the officer and a cab driver. As the cab driver tried to leave, the security officer fired his weapon striking a tire on the vehicle. The cab driver is not being charged at this time. The security officer is on administrative leave while the investigation continues.

Qualifying is underway for November’s congressional elections. The sixth district features former Governor Edwin Edwards vying for the seat against a host of Republican candidates. In the fifth district, incumbent Vance McAllister faces some stiff competition for re-election. LSU Political Science Professor Robert Hogan says there is one key issue for both of these races…

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Election day is November 4th.

The National Hurricane Center is watching two disturbances in the Atlantic. Forecasters give one of the tropical waves a medium chance of developing into a named storm in the next 48 hours and models show that area of low pressure heading towards the Caribbean. State climatologist Barry Keim says it’s not a surprise to see tropics starting to get active…

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Keim says we’ll need to start keeping a close eye on the tropics as we are heading into the busy part of hurricane season.