A bill to prevent hazing proposed after Southern University student Caleb Wilson’s hazing-related death that would have required a semester-long course for students joining campus groups that university officials say will cost millions has been amended in the House Education Committee to include a two-hour annual training. Vacherie Democrat Ken Brass amended the bill adding penalties for non-compliant student groups and updating the current law’s requirement of a one-hour class.
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The bill now heads to House Appropriations for debate.
The summer heat has officially arrived in Louisiana. LSU Public Health Climatologist Barry Keim forecast temperatures expected to soar this weekend.
If you want to catch the Saints on primetime television this season, don’t hold your breath. Andrew Greenstein reports.
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Addis native John Foster is back in LA, preparing for Sunday’s season finale of American Idol. He returned after a whirlwind day in his hometown, which included a parade and a mini-concert and a s stop by the State Capitol, where lawmakers issued a proclamation in his honor. Livonia Republican Jeremy LaCombe urged his members – and all Louisianans – to vote for Foster on Sunday, as many times as the show allows.