A new report from Pew Charitable Trusts shows Louisiana has the lowest percentage in the nation of women participating in the state legislature. The report shows that only 12-percent of Louisiana legislators in 2015 were women. UNO Political Science Professor Christine Day says this is not a surprise as the bottom 10 of this list are generally Republican, conservative states…:
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She points out that Louisiana has had a woman in the US Senate, Mary Landrieu, and a woman governor, Kathleen Blanco.

Millions of dollars from Louisiana’s “rainy day” fund will go towards re-balancing this year’s budget. State lawmakers voted on the appropriation with an overwhelming majority, agreeing to take $28.2 million from the budget stabilization fund. Without the approval from legislators, Jindal’s administration warned funds for higher education could have been cut.

The percentage of alumni who give to LSU on a regular basis is “dead last” in the Southeastern Football Conference. That’s according to LSU Foundation Head Stephen Moret. He said on the Jim Engster Show that only 6 percent of LSU’s graduates donate money to the university…:
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He says the average donation for all SEC school’s is around 14 percent.

A group called the Monumental Task Committee says they have collected over 31-thousand signatures from people who oppose the removal of four Confederate monuments in New Orleans. The organization says they want their voices heard before the city council holds a special committee meeting tomorrow that will discuss the removal of the structures. MTC supports the instillation of interpretive plaques to help gain a better understanding of the original and current context of these monuments.