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How will Louisiana's new Ten Commandments classroom requirement be funded and enforced?
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Even as a legal challenge is already underway over a new Louisiana law requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in classrooms, the details of how the mandate will be implemented and enforced remain murky. Across the country there have been...
Ten Commandments. Multiple variations. Why the Louisiana law raises preferential treatment concerns
Christians and Jews believe in the Ten Commandments — just not necessarily the version that will hang in every public school and state-funded college classroom in Louisiana. The required text prescribed in the new law and used on many monuments around the United States is a...
Editorial Roundup: Louisiana
The Advocate. June 25, 2024. Editorial: In the end, regulators got it right on redfish limits Louisiana has perhaps no more iconic fish than the redfish. Demand for the popular sport fish exploded in the 1980s, when famed New Orleans chef Paul...
Crown Crafts: Fiscal Q4 Earnings Snapshot
GONZALES, La. (AP) — GONZALES, La. (AP) — Crown Crafts Inc. (CRWS) on Friday reported profit of $1 million in its fiscal fourth quarter. On a per-share basis, the Gonzales, Louisiana-based company said it had profit of 10 cents. The maker of children's products...
Jackie Clarkson, longtime New Orleans politician and mother of actor Patricia Clarkson, dead at 88
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Jaquelyn Brechtel “Jackie” Clarkson, a former Louisiana legislator and three-term New Orleans City Council member who was the mother of Academy Award-nominated actor Patricia Clarkson, has died at age 88. City officials confirmed her death Wednesday. Mayor...
Panel's approval of liquefied natural gas export terminal puts more pressure on Biden to block it
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — What would be the nation's largest export terminal for liquefied natural gas won approval from a federal commission Thursday, although when the Louisiana project will be completed remains unclear in light of a Biden administration delay announced this year on such projects. ...
Editorial Roundup: United States
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: June 25 The Philadelphia Inquirer on the war in Gaza and the Houthis As hopes for a cease-fire in the war in Gaza continue to dim, it’s important to underline that the United States is...
Local leaders say election districts dilute Black votes for panel governing Louisiana's capital
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Election districts for the council governing Louisiana's capital city entrench white control of the council and dilute Black voting strength even though Black voting-age residents outnumber white voting-age residents, a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday says. ...
Louisiana's health secretary taking on new role of state surgeon general
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Ralph Abraham, a physician and former Republican U.S. representative from Louisiana, has been named the state's first surgeon general. Abraham has been serving as secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health. On Tuesday, Gov. Jeff Landry announced he was...
Lawsuit challenges new Louisiana law requiring classrooms to display the Ten Commandments
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Civil liberties groups filed a lawsuit Monday to block Louisiana’s new law that requires the Ten Commandments to be displayed in every public school classroom, a measure they contend is unconstitutional. Plaintiffs in the suit include parents of Louisiana...
