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Showing posts with label Louisiana. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Louisiana. Show all posts
Wednesday, February 26, 2025

Landry plans to reopen a Louisiana youth prison closed a decade ago

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  In just a matter of months, Gov. Jeff Landry plans to reopen a Baton Rouge-area youth prison  shuttered a little over a decade ago  with s...

Louisiana K-12 superintendent urges schools to embrace Trump DEI guidance

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 By Piper Hutchinson Louisiana Superintendent of Education Cade Brumley is urging Louisiana K-12 schools to comply with guidance from Presid...
Friday, January 24, 2025

Louisiana’s Ten Commandments law undergoes 5th Circuit judges’ scrutiny

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 By Greg LaRose NEW ORLEANS – Three judges on the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals considered arguments Thursday over a state law that requ...
Friday, December 13, 2024

Federal judge hears arguments on Louisiana’s 25-foot police buffer law

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 By Drew Costley A federal judge in Baton Rouge heard arguments from news organizations and the state of Louisiana on Wednesday (Dec. 11) on...
Wednesday, August 28, 2024

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry bans teaching of critical race theory in schools

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By Piper Hutchinson  CRT is an advanced academic concept traditionally taught in graduate-level courses Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry issued an...
Wednesday, August 7, 2024

Louisiana asks judge to toss lawsuit against Ten Commandments law

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By Piper Hutchinson Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill said Monday she will ask a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit parents have broug...
Thursday, June 20, 2024

Louisiana will face lawsuit over Ten Commandments school displays

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By Greg LaRose Four civil liberties groups will sue the state of Louisiana after Republican Gov. Jeff Landry signed a law Wednesday that cal...
Tuesday, April 9, 2024

Louisiana might tap into state savings to build more juvenile correctional facilities

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Louisiana legislative leaders are giving thought to withdrawing money from a state savings account to build and refurbish juvenile justice f...
Thursday, April 4, 2024

Louisiana lawmakers want Ten Commandments in all public school classrooms

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By Greg LaRose  Louisiana public schools would be required to display the Ten Commandments under legislation that advanced Thursday from com...
Wednesday, March 6, 2024

Legislature approves $26M in spending during crime session. Here’s where the money’s going.

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By Greg Larose It was difficult for lawmakers and fiscal experts to pinpoint an exact cost of the stricter crime prevention measures Republi...
Sunday, February 25, 2024

Bill to make juvenile crime records public advances to Louisiana House

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By: RICHARD A. WEBSTER, VERITE   Juvenile crime once again took center stage at the State Capitol as a bill that would publicize the confide...
Wednesday, February 21, 2024

New sheriff in town: Gov. Jeff Landry ready to reverse Edwards’ criminal justice policy

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BY:  PIPER HUTCHINSON   - FEBRUARY 19, 2024  Longer sentences, more executions and harsher penalties for juveniles. These are among the prop...
Wednesday, October 11, 2023

Bland gubernatorial election threatens to suppress voter turnout

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by   Robert Collins In Saturday’s (Oct. 14) statewide election primary, many voters seem uninterested. To project turnout on election day, p...