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By Greg LaRose | Editor-in-Chief

We begin Thursday’s news with the latest in a standoff between two of Louisiana’s most powerful Republicans.

By Julie O’Donoghue

Senate President Cameron Henry has emerged as the most prominent skeptic of Gov. Jeff Landry’s signature education initiative, LA GATOR, which would greatly expand the amount of public funding going toward private education expenses. Landry has proposed doubling the public dollars spent on private K-12 school tuition and related expenses for the second year in a row, after Henry refused to approve the governor’s request last year.

By States Newsroom

Louisiana provided $4 million to crisis pregnancy centers last year without requiring the operations to detail how the money was spent. States Newsroom conducted a 50-state investigation examining state and federal budgets, as well as the tax records of these organizations, finding that while the magnitude of public funding for them is growing, oversight is not.

By Elise Plunk

Louisiana officials want to expand black bear hunting grounds to encompass wildlife management areas and private lands across the entire state. There’s also a proposal to allow out-of-state landowners to hunt the animal on their own property.

By Jonathan Shorman

Several Democratic states are moving to bar federal immigration agents from being near polling places and other election sites, amid persistent worries that President Donald Trump will use federal law enforcement or the military to disrupt the midterm elections.

By Anita Raj

The idea that sexual exploitation is primarily a story of billionaire excess distorts the reality that sexual exploitation is common and often operates in ordinary settings. It is found anywhere people fear retaliation, depend on the person who harmed them or believe reporting will not lead to meaningful action. 

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