State Senate shoots down bill that would have allowed teachers to carry firearms in classrooms
By Devon Sanders and Joby Richard Contributing Writer (LSU Manship School News Service) — The Senate Education Committee on Thursday refused to approve a bill that would have allowed schools officials to ... Citizenship question fuels confrontations over 2020 Census
By Khalil Abdullah Contributing Writer (Special to Trice Edney News Wire from Ethnic Media Services) — “We will not allow our community to cower in fear,” exclaimed Arturo Vargas, executive director ... Task force to study if officer-involved shootings should go before grand juries
By Paul Braun Contributing Writer (LSU Manship School News Service) – The sponsor of controversial legislation that would require criminal grand juries to review all officer-involved shootings resulting in injury or death ... A curious game of chicken over health care and TOPS
By Christopher Tidmore Contributing Writer With less than 50 days left in both the 2018 Regular Session (as well as the promised allotted time for a special session before the fiscal year ... 50 years after FHA, housing equality still a struggle, study shows
By Meghan Holmes Contributing Writer In the summer of 1966, Martin Luther King, Jr. moved to Chicago and rented an apartment on that west side, spending months organizing and marching with other ... LSU survey shows a majority of Louisianans support criminal justice reform and Medicaid expansion
By Ryan Noonan and Kaylee Poche Contributing Writers (LSU Manship School News Service) — A survey by the LSU Public Policy Research Lab found that a majority of Louisiana residents support criminal ... Medicaid expansion brought 19,000 jobs to Louisiana, study shows
By Meghan Holmes Contributing Writer Last week, Governor John Bel Edward’s office hosted a press conference to announce the economic impacts of Louisiana’s Medicaid expansion. Dr. James Richardson led a team of ... N.O. City Council fights to maintain inclusionary zoning
By Meghan Holmes Contributing Writer On April 9, Louisiana state senators voted 26-11 in favor of HB 462, banning municipal and parish governments from establishing inclusionary zoning policies. Black unemployment was 6.9% in March
By Frederick H. Lowe Contributing Writer (Special from NorthStarNews Today) — March jobless rate for Black men 20 and older The nation’s employers added fewer jobs in March than experts predicted, and ... Trump is erasing racial diversity from the federal courthouses in the South
By Billy Corriher Contributing Writer (Special from Facing South) – Last week the White House announced 19 new judicial nominees, and — like President Trump’s previous nominees — the overwhelming majority are ...
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