Louisiana residents are evenly split when it comes to religious freedom laws allowing businesses to refuse service to same sex couples based on their religion. That’s according to results from the 2017 Louisiana Survey. Director of the LSU Public Policy Research Lab Dr. Michael Henderson says this follows the nationwide trend.
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Henderson says he’s surprised only 47-percent of residents support refusal of services because Louisiana is such a conservative state.

A study from EverQuote ranked the Bayou State dead last in the nation for the percentage of drivers using their phones, with 92 percent admitting to doing it in the past 30 days. Louisiana Highway Safety Executive Director Katara Williams..
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During a budget hearing, higher education leaders said the colleges can’t take a $17 million dollar reduction in state funding as the governor is proposing. Louisiana Community and Technical College President Monty Sullivan says doing more with less is not possible anymore…:
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It’s too early in the session to tell if legislators can spend more on Louisiana colleges.

A Shreveport lawmaker is trying to tackle bullying in Louisiana with a bill to be heard in the Senate education committee…
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