President Obama is working on the details of a plan to offer two years of free community college education to any American to help train the US workforce. Eric Gill has more…
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The Baton Rouge Police Department is investigating an accidental shooting which left a man dead and another behind bars. Michelle Southern reports.
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President Obama is working on the details of a plan to offer two years of free community college education to any American to help train the US workforce. Dr. Monty Sullivan, the head of the Louisiana Community and Technical College System, says it’s exciting that the work of two-year colleges is getting national recognition…
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This program is estimated to cost the federal government around $60 billion over 10 years. Details on how this will be funded will be released next month. Sullivan admits that it is a lot of money, but people shouldn’t look at this as another big money expenditure…
The President will promote the initiative in his State of the Union address on January 20th. Initially, this program has received a cool reception from the Republican-controlled Congress. Sullivan says if this can make it through the legislative process, it will be a great opportunity all the way around…
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Republican US Senator David Vitter says he plans to be active in Washington D-C, even though he’s running for governor this year. Vitter says he has several priorities and one of them is to pass a highway and transportation bill that would help improve traffic flow on major highways…
With the average price for a gallon of regular gasoline below two-dollars a gallon, there’s talk in Washington about raising gas taxes to fund highway construction needs. But Vitter says instead of raising taxes, use the additional revenue from increased oil and gas production
Vitter says he’ll also work to repeal the Affordable Care Act and if Obamacare is not going away, then the federal health care laws should apply to everyone in Washington, meaning even the President would have to purchase his insurance through the Marketplace
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The Baton Rouge Police Department is investigating an accidental fatal shooting that occurred as a man was adjusting his pants. Sgt. Mary Ann Godawa says officers responded to the scene and found the victim lying at the end of a driveway, suffering a gunshot wound to his chest. She says cops questioned witnesses and the suspect, 19-year-old Jawan Lloyd Billy…:
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Billy is charged with negligent homicide and possession of a stolen firearm. Godawa says the two friends had been sleeping near each other in a garage apartment…:
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Godawa says there is a valuable lesson here…:
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The US Supreme Court has rejected a plea to consider striking down Louisiana’s ban on same-sex marriage. Loyola Law Professor Dane Ciolino says this doesn’t mean the issue is dead…
This decision from the US Supreme Court means the district court ruling upholding Louisiana’s ban on same-sex marriage must first be challenged in a federal appeals court. The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments last week on the issue. Ciolino thinks it’s a toss-up on how the 5th Circuit will rule…
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He thinks the 5th Circuit will issue a ruling sometime this spring. Circuit Courts have ruled differently on this issue, creating a circuit split on the issue of same-sex marriage. Ciolino thinks the US Supreme Court wants to let the 5th Circuit choose which way it thinks the issue should go…