We’re another day closer to the start of the school year and because of the dispute over Common Core a standardized test is not in place for the upcoming school year. Council for a Better Louisiana President Barry Erwin says a lawsuit needs to be filed, so the judicial system can determine who has constitutional authority over education policy…:
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Meanwhile, good government group, the Public Affairs Research Council, has issued a commentary criticizing Governor Jindal for creating a “crisis in education.” PAR President Robert Travis Scott says Jindal’s actions call into question whether he’s a reliable leader…:
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He feels court action could be avoided if Jindal would work better with others.

Qualifying for the November 4th election is a month away. So how are things looking so far. Well the US Senate race between the incumbent Democratic Senator Mary Landrieu and Republican Congressman Bill Cassidy has been an extremely close one according to most polls. LSU Political Science Professor Dr. Wayne Parent says we are still a few weeks away before campaigning ramps up but the ground work for both Landrieu and Cassidy’s platform has already been laid…:
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Qualifying begins August 20th.

A 22-year-old Gonzales man died in an Ancension Parish crash over the weekend. State Police say Patrick Breaux was a passenger in a car driven by a woman that was hit on the drivers side by another car at a stop-sign intersection. They say the victim was wearing his seat-belt but sustained fatal injuries in the crash.

A Shreveport researcher has a grant from the LSU System’s LIFT2 Program to help produce a potentially cancer preventing gum.  Eric Gill has the story…:
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