2 courts split on 10 Commandments laws
As Ark. blocks the display of the Ten Commandments and La. moves forward, we examine the 'standing' vs. 'merit' arguments dividing the federal courts.
Louisiana
Schools can’t display 10 Commandments: 5th Circuit
Laws that would require schools to display the 10 Commandments are, once again, found unconstitutional.
Pickup truck plows into New Orleans NYE celebration
Terror struck the heart of the Big Easy on New Year's morning, just hours before a huge college football playoff game.
On the 10 Commandments in public school classrooms
Is it constitutional to require schools to display a specific religious text in every classroom? The Supreme Court may soon answer once again.
La. has a new education savings account law
Next year, Louisiana has a new program for sending public tax dollars to private, often religious, schools: LA GATOR.
La. may consider mandatory summer school
Louisiana has a plan to ease the state's "literacy crisis": mandatory summer school if kids need it and phonics.
4 days after Hurricane Ida in Louisiana schools
Students in Louisiana are learning about ways to solve some new problems, as Hurricane Ida closes schools and cuts off electricity and WiFi.
Hurricane Delta causes numerous school closures
The record-setting Hurricane Delta followed just 6 weeks behind the Category 4 Laura, and on nearly the same path.
Students help in wake of Gulf Coast storms
Hurricane victims in the South got some much needed help from students at one Louisiana school. Laura and Sally have been very destructive.
A Louisiana school seeks coaches after sanctions
Sanctions against a La. high school for administrative violations: >$40,000 in fines, forfeits, postseason suspensions.