The U-S House voted last night to impeach President Donald Trump on two charges, abuse of power and obstruction of justice. Democrats say the president pushed Ukraine to investigate a political rival. The Senate will now hold a trial on the articles of impeachment, which could take two weeks or up to nearly two months. Republican Senator Bill Cassidy hopes the Upper Chamber will not linger on the issue…
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There is also the chance that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell will outright reject the trial.

A National Student Clearing House report shows Louisiana was one of 15 states to see college enrollment increases when comparing this fall semester to last year’s. National enrollment numbers fell 1.3 percent, and Louisiana Higher Education Commissioner Kim Hunter Reed says that’s in part because of a large demographic shift.
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Enrollment at Louisiana colleges increased by half a percent over the year.

Governor John Bel Edwards goals for 2020 will be to increase funding for colleges, early childhood education and getting teacher salaries to the Southern Regional Average. But will Republican lawmakers go along with these initiatives? There’s a concern among G-O-P legislators that the state doesn’t have the money to spend on these initiatives. Edwards battled with House leadership in his first term and he’s already been meeting with prospective legislative leaders for his second term. His message to them is to value people over party…
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Edwards and a new legislature will be sworn in on January 13th.