After passing the House, a measure that aims to ease the workload of educators heads to the Louisiana Senate. Vernon Parish Representative Charles Owen wants to leave topics like CPR, eating disorders, adoption and substance abuse to parents. He believes this is a step in retaining qualified educators in Louisiana and showing their profession is important.
New Iberia Representative Beau Beaullieu has filed legislation that calls for a constitutional convention so state lawmakers and delegates appointed by the governor can write a new state constitution. Beaullieu says the goal is to move certain items out of the constitution and put them into state law.
Cut 12 (08) “…this convention”
Voters would decide on any new constitution at the polls in November.
A Bossier City woman’s ploy to fool her boyfriend that she’d birthed their child ends with attempted kidnapping charges in Baton Rouge.
Cut 2 (35) “…I’m Brooke Thorington.”
The defending national champion LSU women’s basketball team is taking an underdog mentality into its Sweet 16 matchup against UCLA on Saturday. The Lady Tigers are the three-seed, while the Bruins are the two seed and led by six-foot-seven Lauren Betts. But LSU Coach Kim Mulkey says UCLA has more than just Betts…