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State educators are launching a program aimed at trimming Louisianas rate of out-of-school suspensions, including the fact that more than twice as many Black students are suspended than their white peers.

State Sen. Cleo Fields, the Baton Rouge Democrat who chairs his chamber’s education committee, is urging Gov. John Bel Edwards to add teachers to the groups

Louisiana Educators Want Governor to Elevate Vaccine Priority More and more Louisiana residents are getting vaccinated against COVID-19 every day. While that is good news on the virus mitigation there are concerns over who is getting the first jabs. I think we are all in agreement that frontline healthcare workers should have a top priority. But after that, the priority rankings leave a lot to be desired. Larry Carter, President of the Louisiana Federation of Teachers, believes that educators s...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Simply creating a task force to study law enforcement training...

BATON ROUGE - Just one day after Governor John Bel Edwards announced the states plans to expand the pool of those eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccination, Senator Cleo Fields is lobbying to have educators immediately added. 

Beginning today those 65 and older are now eligible to be vaccinated for COVID in Louisiana, however, some fee...

BOSSIER CITY, La. - Zayden Taylor -- a straight-A student at Parkway High School in Bossier City -- is also a linebacker on the junior varsity football team. The 15-year-old sophomore, like thousands of students across the ArkLaTex, followed through with the football season during the coronavirus pandemic. "Zayden is the healthiest kid I know. He did not have any health conditions," said his mother, Army Staff Sgt. Taricka Taylor, who is an active duty recruiter, was contacted in November by Bo...

Starting Friday, acupuncture and most cancer treatments will be covered. Jurors will be paid more. But the biggest of the new laws that go into effect on Jan. 1 are the smash of acts aimed, supporters say, at lower automobile insurance rates. They range from limiting access to the courts for individuals claiming injuries to requiring lawyers who advertise to disclose their fees. The first day of the New Year is traditionally when many of the laws passed during the previous legislative session g...

Baton Rouge / louisianaradionetwork.com Dec 28, 2020 5:58 PM A Legislative task force is studying whether Louisiana should move to a closed primary system and will submit its recommendations by the next regular session. Political analyst Bernie Pinsonat said the current jungle primary system was implemented in 1975 to limit Democrat on Democrat attacks during statewide elections. “Let’s fast forward to now where the Republicans beat each other up and John Bel Edwards sat there with no oppo...

U.S. Rep. Cedric Richmond made the announcement at the New Orleans Lakefront Airport on Tuesday(Nov. 17) that he will leave his seat in Congre… Richmond, 47, was long seen as a favorite for a top job under Biden. He was a prominent early backer of Bidens presidential bid, signing on as a national co-chair of the campaign in May 2019, and he barnstormed the country to promote Biden even when the former vice presidents chances appeared to be slipping away early in the Democratic primaries. Rich...