The Louisiana Senate Wednesday unanimously approved a measure to require public schools to teach students how to write cursive.
A bill that would increase the triple the time a woman must wait before getting an abortion passed through the Senate Health and Welfare Committee, but not without heavy debate.
The House of Representatives Monday killed 33-51 a bill that would return Louisiana High School Activities Association athletic playoffs to a single league in which private, parochial and public schools would compete in the same state tournament.
From left, Rep. Joseph Bouie, D- New Orleans, speaks with the House Civil Law Committee chairman Ray Garofalo, R-Chalmette, and Rep. Mike Johnson, R-Shreveport, before Monday’s meeting,.Rep. Clay Schexnayder, R-Gonzales, is seated in the foreground. Credit: Noah Bryant Ballard
Louisiana’s LGBT community will have to wait a little longer for the House of Representatives to consider legislation aiming to protect them from discrimination.
Rep. Thomas Carmody, R-Shreveport, looks dejected as his bill to merge all existing higher education governing boards into a new single, reorganized and powerful Board of Regents failed Wednesday in the House Education Committee. Credit: Quint Forgey
A measure aimed at streamlining the governance of Louisiana’s higher education by merging its four management boards and the overarching Board of Regents into one new governing body – the Louisiana Postsecondary Education Board of Trustees – was effectively killed by one vote in the House Educati
