Albert Woodfox, the last incarcerated member of the Angola 3, will remain in prison for the time being. Woodfox, who has been twice convicted for killing a prison guard, was hoping to get out of prison this week, after a federal judge ordered that he should be released and barred the state from tyring him for a third time. But the Louisiana Attorney General’s office has been successful to this point in keeping Woodfox behind bars as the A-G’s office still believes he’s guily in the 1972 death.

After the death of a 22-month old child in the care of two unlicensed day care workers, the state department of education is now posting a list of unlicensed day care centers on its website. Education Superintendent John White says he will also recommend to BESE to increase funding so that low-income families can afford licensed day care centers…
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You can find the list at www-dot-louisianabelieves-dot-com under “early childhood”.

Louisiana Association of Business and Industry President Stephen Waguespack says on the final day of the legislative session, lawmakers approved two-and-half billion dollars in tax increases on businesses over the the next five years. Legislators approved the tax increases and a roll back of tax credits in order to prevent big cuts to higher education and health care. But Waguespack wishes lawmakers would have taken a different route to fund those areas…
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The ending of the 2015 legislative session marked the final one with Bobby Jindal as governor. Jindal says one of the more important pieces of legislation approved under his watch was the expansion of the school voucher program statewide. He hopes the program continues to grow…
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