Opponents of Common Core have filed a lawsuit in an attempt to keep the state from adopting the controversial education standards. 17 state lawmakers are banding together under the name “The Concerned Citizens of Louisiana” to challenge the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education’s adoption of Common Core on procedural grounds. Lake Charles Representative Brett Geymann says BESE did not keep the public informed when they adopted Common Core in 2010…
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Education Superintendent John White says BESE is not legally obliged to pass rules using Administrative Procedure He says because of this, there’s no basis for the suit…
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BESE President Chas Roemer says the education board followed state law and the lawsuit has no merit.
Authorities announce the arrest of a Lafayette man who allegedly called in a bomb threat that resulted in the evacuation of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette campus last week. Police say 30-year-old Devin Haywood will also be charged for attempting to rob a bank that same day. We’ll have more on this story in future newscasts.
Amite Representative John Bel Edwards spoke to the Baton Rouge Press Club about why voters should support him for governor next year. Thus far, he is the only declared Democrat in the race. Edwards said Louisiana needs a proven, respected leader in the governor’s chair who will govern from the middle. Edwards said Democrats, Republicans, and Independents need to be able to communicate with one another to come up with solutions to the problems facing the state…
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The gubernatorial primary will be held in October of next year.
The thousands of unaccompanied children crossing over into neighboring Texas is raising concerns Louisiana may face an immigration problem of its own. The tens of thousands of children crossing the border into the US are being driven, in large part, out of their Central American homes by escalating violence related to gang warfare and drugs. Denham Springs Representative Valarie Hodges, a member of the House Committee on Criminal Justice, says she is concerned that the immigrants may be bringing that violence with them…
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Hodges is calling on the state leadership to develop a plan of action for immigration in Louisiana.