There was a large gathering of over 100 college students gathered on the steps of the state capitol today to rally against proposed budget cuts to public universities. Those students were joined by a handful of lawmakers who support their efforts, like Winnfield Senator Gerald Long, whose district includes Northwestern State and LSU-Alexandria…
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Nearly all of the state’s colleges were represented.

A Pro-Common Core organization called Alliance For Better Classrooms used a visual aid to lawmakers today in the form of mythical beast. Pink and white stuffed unicorns were distributed to show lawmakers that fear about Common Core is not reality either. The attention getter was made in the middle of a very hotly contested issue for this session.
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Natchitoches Police say the assistant principal at Frankie Ray Jackson Senior Technical Center is under arrest for allegedly paddling a teacher. Captain Chris Payne says they got the complaint in February that a female teacher at the school had a battery committed upon her…:
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The 64 year-old administrator was arrested on simple battery and released on $303 dollar bond.

A transgender Lake Charles man has filed a federal sex discrimination lawsuit against his former employer. 21-year-old Tristan Broussard alleges he was fired from Tower Loan last year when it was discovered he used to be a woman…
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That’s one of Broussard’s attorneys, Amy Whelan (WAY-lan).