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The search committee looking for Southern University's next president is close to finishing its work, its chairman said Thursday. @piperformissouri.bsky.social asked him about the possibility of outgoing U.S. Rep. Cleo Fields as a candidate for the job.
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Louisiana will no longer be part of a lawsuit other states have filed to stop the Trump administration reclassification of medical marijuana as a less harmful drug.
Public universities in Louisiana are walking away from the 2026 legislative session with more authority to increase tuition and fees as well as the ability to punish those responsible for aggressive hazing incidents. @piperhutch.bsky.social reports on these other changes in the works.
NEW: Lamwmakers included double-digit pay increases for half of Gov. Jeff Landry’s cabinet secretaries in next year's budget, which doesn’t include stipends public school teachers and support staff workers have received the past three years. @jsodonoghue.bsky.social reports.
Louisiana lawmakers have approved a bill that significantly reduces the training requirements for licensed plumbers and dissolves the autonomy of the state plumbing board, making it a subcommittee under the state contractors’ board. @wesmuller.bsky.social reports
NEW: A Louisiana detention center failed to ensure sanitary conditions, properly track use-of-force incidents and maintain medical records of detainees, according to the Dept. of Homeland Security’s internal watchdog. @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social reports for @statesnewsroom.com
Many Democrat legislative leaders haven’t made up their minds about how they will vote. They said they were waiting on more detail about what the impact of the school funding cuts will be. @jsodonoghue.bsky.social reports
Louisiana teachers unions and other school advocates want more details about how Gov. Jeff Landry intends to keep his promise to avoid a teacher pay cut this year. @jsodonoghue.bsky.social reports:
The overall reduction in school funding Gov. Jeff Landry is proposing to cover teacher stipends will affect classroom instruction and could lead to layoffs, particularly in rural areas with less financial reserves, system leaders and education advocates said. @jsodonoghue.bsky.social reports
The Justice Department and Drug Enforcement Agency are moving to classify medical marijuana and related products as Schedule III drugs.
The Louisiana Legislature included a new round of double-digit pay increases for seven of Gov. Jeff Landry’s 14 cabinet secretaries in the state budget they approved Friday. They will take effect in t...
Louisiana teachers unions and other school advocates want more details about how Gov. Jeff Landry intends to keep his promise to avoid a teacher pay cut this year.
A wide range of public education leaders and advocates, representing traditional systems and charters, expressed frustration Tuesday with Gov. Jeff Landry’s plan to shift $168 million from K-12 school...
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Louisiana lawmakers have until 5 p.m June 23 to cast their vote on whether to shift $168 million from public school operations to another year of public school teacher pay stipends.
Public universities in Louisiana are walking away from the 2026 legislative session with more authority to increase tuition and fees as well as the ability to punish those responsible for aggressive h...
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The team tasked with hiring the next Southern University System president is close to finishing its work, its chairman said Thursday.
Louisiana lawmakers have approved a bill that significantly reduces training requirements for licensed plumbers and dissolves the autonomy of the state plumbing board.
@newhampshirebulletin.com reporter @willskipworth.bsky.social has won the prestigious 2026 Livingston Award for local reporting, @umwallacehouse.bsky.social and @umich.edu announced today.
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William Skipworth, a staff reporter for the New Hampshire Bulletin since January 2025, has won this year’s Livingston Award for Local Reporting for his series on abuse and neglect in the state’s disab...
