Category: Local Interest,

Gov. John Bel Edwards’ latest budget proposal includes deep cuts to TOPS, hospitals, higher ed 

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Thousands of college students could lose scholarships they get from Louisiana’s popular Taylor Opportunity Program for Students and state-funded health clinics could be shuttered, if lawmakers are unable to find another way to fill the looming $750 million budget shortfall.

…TOPS was created as an incentive for Louisiana high schoolers to stay in the state for college and as a pathway for students who otherwise would not be able to afford to stay in school after they finish the 12th grade.

…Other cutbacks the latest plan identifies: Higher education would take a $46.1 million hit, Corrections would be cut $34.1 million, the judicial branch would face a $15.9 million cut, and the legislative budget would be slashed $7.3 million.

Gov. John Bel Edwards’ latest budget proposal includes deep cuts to TOPS, hospitals, higher ed | The Advocate — Baton Rouge, Louisiana

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Bizarre Facebook post on collecting human remains leads police to raid witch’s Mid-City home, find bones, teeth 

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Late last year, Darling was pilloried online and accused of showing disrespect for the dead by collecting human remains from graveyards. But Darling said residents of New Orleans should be ashamed of the state of unkempt graveyards in which bones wash up regularly.

Bizarre Facebook post on collecting human remains leads police to raid witch’s Mid-City home, find bones, teeth | The New Orleans Advocate — New Orleans, Louisiana

Crescent City, what the fuck?!

A school district encourages parents to opt their children out

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The New Salem/Wendell School Committee unanimously passed a strongly-worded resolution, supporting and encouraging parents to opt their children out of PARCC tests this spring.

The resolution, passed on March 10, not only encourages parents to opt their children out of the state standardized test, it also encourages teachers and staff members to let parents know they have the choice of opting out. With this goal in mind, the district is holding a community meeting on March 28 to give parents a forum at which they can learn more and ask questions.


A school district encourages parents to opt their children out

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What Hillary Clinton’s massive win among black voters really says – The Washington Post

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…the rather standard and presumptive claim that the party, which is home to the most racially and ethnically diverse array of voters, must leave the earliest and most influential choice about its presidential candidate to two states that look very little like the party or the country. The argument that voters in Iowa and New Hampshire are somehow specially trained or primed and therefore “take the responsibility seriously,” in some sort of unique way, seems largely emotional, even nostalgia-driven in the light of turnout results in far more diverse South Carolina.

If the turnout patterns and election outcomes look the same in most Super Tuesday states, consider that another blow. Voters in New Hampshire and Iowa didn’t simply behave quite differently than those in Nevada and South Carolina; they delivered different election outcomes indicating that, for them, Sanders’s message and Sanders’s political priorities were a good or at least not an uncomfortable fit.

What Hillary Clinton’s massive win among black voters really says – The Washington Post

Look you fuckwits, it’s not about Iowa or NH being representative, it’s about them being smaller media markets where you can successfully run without have a ton of cash in your war chest. What the fuck part of that is so damn hard for you dipshits to understand?

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