The Democratic controlled U-S House voted to approve two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, claiming the president abused his power by pushing a foreign country to investigate a political rival. Louisiana’s five House Republican members voted against it, while Democratic Congressman Cedric Richmond voted for impeachment.

Louisiana saw a slight increase in higher ed enrollment this past fall semester, one of the few states to do so…
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Governor John Bel Edwards says he’s already talking to the likely legislative leaders of the next legislature as he hopes to have a good relationship with a body that will be controlled by the Republican Party. Edwards says he’s fine with legislative independence, but he just doesn’t want to see a group of lawmakers become obstructionists
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Louisiana Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children is seeking more African American and male volunteers in an attempt to diversify its volunteer base. CASA Louisiana Executive Director Kathleen Stewart Richey says nearly 60 percent of the children who get court-appointed volunteers are minorities, but most of their volunteers are white women.
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Stewart says the program needs to have more volunteers, seeing as 7,900 children are in foster care annually, but only 3,600 receive CASA agents.

The U-S House has voted to impeach President Donald Trump and the articles of impeachment will go to the Senate for a trial. Senators will act as jurors and Louisiana Senior Senator Bill Cassidy says he’ll take it seriously…
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A two-thirds vote is required to remove the President from office, a barrier that is highly unlikely to be met in the Republican-controlled Senate.

National enrollment numbers at colleges fell just over one-percent based on the student count for the fall semester. Louisiana Higher Education Commissioner Kim Hunter Reed on why that may be…
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Reed says Louisiana colleges saw a slight increase in enrollment as the state pushes to have 60-percent of adults with some sort of credentials needed to enter the workforce by 2030. The state is currently at 44-percent.

Louisiana CASA is seeking to diversify its volunteer base that’s predominately older, white, and female…
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LSU Football Coach Ed Orgeron is unsure if running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire will play in the semifinal game versus Oklahoma because of a hamstring injury. Orgeron says he’ll know more about Edwards-Helaire’s status later this week. And LSU basketball was upset last night, losing to East Tennessee State 74-63.

President Donald Trump has been impeached on two Articles, Obstruction of Justice, and Abuse of Power. Matt Doyle has the reaction from Senator Bill Cassidy…
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A federal appeals court based out of New Orleans has ruled the individual health insurance mandate in the Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional. But the court did not rule on whether all of the A-C-A is unconstitutional, so the nation’s health care law remains in place for now.

Louisiana is one of 15 states that saw an increase in college enrollment based on the number of students who attended classes this fall. Higher Education Commissioner Kim Hunter Reed says the goal is to boost enrollment even more to meet a lofty goal…
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Utah, New Hampshire, and Arizona led the nation in enrollment increases, while Alaska, Florida, and Arkansas saw the largest decreases.

The Louisiana Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children, also known as CASA, says they are looking for more volunteers to help children in the foster care system. CASA Louisiana Executive Director Kathleen Stewart Richey says there are 79-hundred children in foster care, but only 36-hundred have CASA agents…
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Stewart recently appeared as a guest on Talk Louisiana.

The Democratic-controlled House has voted to impeach President Donald Trump on charges he abused his power and obstructed Congress. The Republican-led Senate is expected to hold a removal trial, possibly in the first week of January. U-S Senator Bill Cassidy says the only motive for impeachment he has seen is strictly partisan.
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Cassidy says he has yet to see any evidence that the president broke any laws.

Governor John Bel Edwards says he’s already met twice with Albany Representative Sherman Mack, who could be the next House Speaker. Edwards had numerous battles with House Republican leadership in his first term and he’s hoping for less friction in his second four years
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Edwards and the new legislature will be sworn in on January 13th.

Louisiana saw a slight increase in higher ed enrollment this past fall semester, one of the few states to do so…
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Louisiana Capital Area Court Appointed Special Advocate Association is seeking more adults to help children in the foster care system. CASA Louisiana Director Kathleen Stewart Richey says most of their volunteers are either retired, or near retirement…
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Richey says there are 79-hunrded children in the foster care system, but they only have 36-hundred CASA agents.

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.

Members of Louisiana’s House delegation have voiced their support and opposition over tonight’s expected vote to impeach President Donald Trump. New Orleans Democrat Cedric Richmond says Trump abused his power by pressuring Ukraine into investigating a political rival in exchange for military aid
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But Republican Louisiana Congressman Mike Johnson from Benton says it’s the House Democrats who are abusing their power
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The House is expected to vote to impeach President Trump. But Senator John Kennedy says the votes are not there in the Senate to convict and he says the issue is as dead as fried chicken in the Senate.

The National Weather Service reports a deadly tornado that tore through central Louisiana was a highly powerful EF-3.
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Governor John Bel Edwards held a press conference today to tout his administration’s accomplishments during 2019. He says the greatest achievement was a teacher pay raise and additional investments into education….
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