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AGs file suit related to accommodations for pregnant workers

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Attorneys General Liz Murrill (Louisiana) and Lynn Fitch (Mississippi) filed suit today challenging the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) attempt to hijack the protections of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act to promote the Biden administration’s effort to impose a national abortion regime.

Nothing good comes from Columbia University radicalism

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Columbia University is once again the center of the radical universe. More than 50 years after anti-Vietnam War demonstrators roiled the Columbia campus in 1968, anti-Israel agitators are disrupting the school’s operations, and inspiring similar actions at other universities around the country.

I’m too young to be 84!

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Here is a message I received from one of my grandkids this week. “Hey JB, it’s your birthday, and you just turned 84, I know you will live for many, many more.“ I sure hope I do. I understand that I’m getting a bit older and that I cannot ignore life’s ending. But I’m not going to set around like some Shakespeare character thinking about death. I would hope it is much more productive for me to make the most of my current state in life. Play the cards we are delt. Then anticipate a lingering good ride.

Two Major La. military installations generate $3 billion

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‘Soldiers have been training for war at Fort Johnson (formerly Fort Polk) and the Joint Readiness Training Center since 1940, when they prepared for World War II. More than a million combat troops trained for Viet Nam there, so ‘training is in our DNA.’

LABI endorses BESE board’s accountability framework formula

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This week the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry (LABI) joined Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) officers in endorsing the thoughtful and comprehensive accountability framework crafted by the Louisiana Department of Education. The formula released today at BESE’s accountability council meeting will provide much-needed clarity to parents, students, teachers and schools after more than a decade of vague and misguided standards for evaluating educational quality.

Natchitoches Parish School Board joins AG’s Title IX suit

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Attorney General Liz Murrill announces 17 school boards across Louisiana have joined our lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Education’s new Title IX regulations Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill announces that 17 school boards across the State have joined our Title IX lawsuit as plaintiffs to defend the rights of women and girls.

LABI endorses streamlined accountability framework unveiled by Dept. of Education

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The Louisiana Association of Business and Industry (LABI) joined Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) officers in endorsing the thoughtful and comprehensive accountability framework crafted by the Louisiana Department of Education. The formula released today at BESE’s accountability council meeting will provide much-needed clarity to parents, students, teachers and schools after more than a decade of vague and misguided standards for evaluating educational quality.

AG says panel creating chaos

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The Secretary of State has consistently said May 15 is a hard, real deadline. Yet the panel seems inclined toward creating more chaos in our Congressional elections in a presidential election year. While we will not have a definitive ruling for another day at least, we appear to be heading to the Supreme Court this week.

Columnist says don’t rush Trump J6 case just yet

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No, don’t rush the Trump J6 case When the Supreme Court said it would hear Donald Trump’s immunity claim in the Jan. 6 case brought by Special Counsel Jack Smith, the former president’s enemies erupted in anger.