Louisiana continues to lead the nation in academic improvement, according to the latest Education Scorecard. Joe Gallinaro has the story.
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Attorney General Liz Murrill is threatening to remove New Orleans Mayor Helena Moreno and others from office. Andrew Greenstein explains why.
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The legislature sends a bill to Governor Landry’s desk that establishes the rescheduled dates for the U.S. House races. Jeff Palermo has the story.
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Education Scorecard ranks Louisiana first among states in reading growth from 2022 to 2025 and second among states in math growth over that same time frame. Governor Jeff Landry congratulates the students for achieving historic academic gains.
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Landry noted when the Education Recovery Scorecard released its report last year, Louisiana held the same rankings in both metrics in the period from 2019 to 2024.
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Landry says Louisiana is the only state to surpass pre-pandemic levels.
This Scorecard follows the 2024 Nation’s Report Card, where Louisiana jumped 17 spots up to number-32 — the highest ranking in the state’s history.
Superintendent of Education Cade Brumley says these rankings are a point of pride for the state, but they’re not satisfied and will keep pushing for greater academic outcomes.
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The battle over the Orleans Parish clerk of court between the parish and the state is getting nasty. Attorney General Liz Murrill is accusing Mayor Helena Moreno, five council members and the district attorney of violating the state’s usurper laws, and UNO political science professor Ed Chervenak says that has severe consequences.
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This all stems from the legislature passing a law that abolishes the office of Orleans Parish criminal clerk and transfers those duties to the civil clerk, Chelsey Richard Napoleon. The New Orleans city government maintains that action created a new office, so it appointed Retired Judge Calvin Johnson to the office and called a special election. Chervenak says the disagreement is whether the legislature’s action indeed created a new office.
Governor Landry signed the law just as exoneree Calvin Duncan was set to take office after being elected. As to whether the state has the authority to tell a local government how to run its affairs, Chervenak says in Louisiana, the answer is yes.
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The legislature has approved a bill that sets new election dates for the six U.S. House races. House Governmental Affairs Chairman Beau Beaullieu says the 2026 House races will be an open primary in November, with a December runoff. Beaullieu says the U.S. House elections scheduled for May 16th election have officially been canceled.
The legislation also says future congressional races will be a closed primary after this year. Beaullieu was asked why this year’s U.S. House races can’t be closed primaries.
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Beaullieu was also asked whether it’s legal to have the Senate races be closed primaries while the House races are open primaries.
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Qualifying for the U.S. House open primaries and all other fall elections will take place August 5th through the 7th.
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The Department of Insurance is using modern technology to catch people committing insurance fraud. Commissioner Tim Temple says it’s using Anti-Fraud One and artificial intelligence to catch people defrauding insurance companies.
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Temple says Anti-Fraud One can detect things like filing the same damage claims over and over again.
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Temple says that technology was used to arrest six Ouachita Parish residents last week in connection with a nearly decade-long insurance fraud scheme involving fire and water damage claims.
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The Department of Insurance did not provide specific details of what the alleged fraud scheme entailed.
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The LSU baseball team finishes out the regular season with a three-game series against 19th ranked Florida that starts tonight at Alex Box Stadium. The only way the Tigers can make the NCAA Tournament at this point is to win next week’s SEC Tournament. Coach Jay Johnson says they’re focused on the Gators, but they also have an eye toward the SEC Tourney.
It will be the final games at the Box for a couple of key contributors to last year’s national championship team, outfielder Chris Stanfield and pitcher Zac Cowan. Johnson says it’s rare to have talented players like those two guys stay for their senior seasons.
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First pitch tonight is at 6:30.
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The Ragin Cajuns host Sun Belt Conference leader Coastal Carolina for senior weekend that begins tonight at Tigue Moore Field. Coach Matt Deggs says one senior he will definitely miss is Lee Amedee, who is the team’s second leading hitter.
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Coastal Carolina leads Southern Miss by one game for first place in the Sun Belt. Not only are they trying to win a regular season conference championship, but they also have a chance to host an NCAA Regional. The Cajuns are on the bubble when it comes to making the NCAA Tournament. Deggs says both teams do a lot of things well.
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First pitch is at 6 p-m.