An LSU historian is being sued for defamation by a Pennsylvania state legislator and seeks to have the lawsuit dismissed on the grounds that the lawmaker is trying to curtail his First Amendment rights.

Fourteen people arrested earlier this year during protests at Tulane University over the Israel-Hamas war were acquitted on misdemeanor criminal charges Friday in New Orleans.

Pierre spoke on Wednesday at the Baton Rouge Rotary Club, where he highlighted the school's role as a “communiversity.”

Many Louisiana school districts and colleges plan resumed classes on Friday after closing for Hurricane Francine.

Some schools will begin closing Tuesday to give students and staff time to prepare for Francine, which is expected to strengthen in the Gulf of Mexico and make landfall in Louisiana Wednesday.

The new model has students enroll in for-credit courses right away with extra academic support instead of having to pass a remedial class first.

CRT is an advanced academic concept traditionally taught in graduate-level courses.

The first day of school has big stakes for kids, teachers and parents. This year, that’s especially true for The Leah Chase School, the city’s first traditional public school to open in decades.

Community college is often touted as an affordable start for students who want to earn bachelor’s degrees. But according to federal data, only 13% of students actually reach that goal.

The court’s action effectively bars the federal government from enforcing any portion of its new anti-discrimination rules while legal challenges are litigated in the lower courts.