LRN Newscast 17:30 March 18

Governor Bobby Jindal calls eliminating Common Core a top priority in the upcoming legislative session, but education leaders plan to fight his efforts. Scott Carwile has more…
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Jeremy Alford, with La-politics-dot-com, besides the budget, Common Core will be the most passionate topic that lawmakers discuss when the legislative session begins April 13th…
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A survey of one-thousand Louisiana resident from Marble Point Polling found that 54-percent of respondents disapprove of Common Core.

A former caretaker of a previous LSU mascot is upset the current live mascot doesn’t go to LSU football games anymore. Michelle Southern has more…
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A Natchitoches man faces hate crime and battery charges after he allegedly grabbed a woman’s buttock. Police Captain Chris Payne says 35-year-old Roderick Rachal is a repeat offender…:
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Payne says it appears that in each case, Rachal targets a specific race and gender which is why he also is charged with hate crimes.