A total of 17 lawmakers filed a lawsuit today to challenge the methods the state used to adopt the Common Core Curriculum. The suit charges the BESE board and the State Department of Education failed to follow the Administrative Proceedure Act. Meanwhile, the stand-off between Governor Bobby Jindal and the State Superintendent of Education John White continues.

The ATC Commissioner is facing a federal racial discrimination lawsuit alleging he made working conditions unbearable for African-American Employees. Baton Rouge attorney Arthur Smith the Third is filing the law suit on behalf of three employees agains Troy Hebert…:
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Meanwhile, Hebert denies the allegations.
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Republican US Senator David Vitter files legislation to stop the sudden rise in unaccompanied immigrant children crossing the US-Mexico border. Jeff Palermo has the story…:
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Monroe Police say they are looking for a man they believe is responsible for hitting another man over the head with a large stick during an argument over a cell phone. Assistant Police Chief Don Bartley says the victim was walking out of the laundry room at an apartment complex when he was approached by Christopher Robinson..:
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A warrant has been issued for the arrest of Robinson.

A teenager from Pontchatoula has turned up missing in Gulf Shores in some very rough Gulf waters. Seventeen year-old Chaston Brown was reported missing yesterday at about 4 pm.