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Mixed results in 2024 standardized tests for Louisiana students
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Wed,07/24/24-4:08PM , 81 Reads
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Newly released standardized test results for Louisiana students show small gains in some areas, but overall scores moved little in the past year and, despite gains in the years since the COVID-19 pandemic struck, remain below 2019 levels.
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A man walks in front of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Jan. 7, 2015, in New Orleans. The court ruled Wednesday, July 24, 2024, that the method the Federal Communications Commission uses to fund telephone and broadband services for rural and low-income users is unconstitutional. (AP Photo/Jonathan Bachman, File)

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Appeals judges rule against fund used to provide phone services for rural and low-income people
By KEVIN MCGILL - Associated Press
Wed,07/24/24-2:48PM , 113 Reads
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Calling it a “misbegotten tax,” a federal appeals court in New Orleans ruled Wednesday that a method the Federal Communications Commission uses to fund telephone service for rural and low-income people and broadband services for schools and libraries is unconstitutional.
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Clashes arise over the economic effects of Louisiana's $3 billion-dollar coastal restoration project
By JACK BROOK - Associated Press
Tue,07/23/24-7:27PM , 91 Reads
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Proponents of a nearly $3 billion project to restore part of southeast Louisiana's rapidly vanishing coastline released a study Tuesday touting the expected economic benefits of its constructio
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Ann McCauley, right, examines the damage at Bethel Church after Hurricane Beryl moved through the area July 8, 2024, in Van Vleck, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

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How a perfect storm sent church insurance rates skyrocketing
By BOB SMIETANA - Religion News Service
Tue,07/23/24-4:48PM , 87 Reads
(RNS) — The Rev. John Parks was taking his first sabbatical in 40 years of ministry when he got a call from his church’s accountant with some bad news.

Church Mutual, the church’s insurance company, had dropped them.
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