News Around the Pelican State – June 23, 2025 Lawmakers approve management contract renewal to roll out LA GATOR Source: thehayride.com | Read full story → (The Center Square) − The Louisiana Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget approved on Friday a nearly $2 million contract extension with education technology company Odyssey to continue managing the state’s new LA Giving All True Opportunity to RISE scholarship program through June 2026. The contract, valued at up to $1.93 million, covers operations, account […] The post Lawmakers approve management contract renewal to roll out LA GATOR appeared first on The Hayride. NO…

News Around the Pelican State – June 20, 2025 OVER THERE: Netanyahu, Missiles, and the Magic of June 12 Source: thehayride.com | Read full story → What are the odds? And how many times are we going to pretend not to notice the pattern? On June 12, 2025, the very day Israeli missiles struck Iran—kicking off a new narrative escalation in an already saturated storyline—Bibi Netanyahu, Israel’s Prime Minister of course, narrowly survived a parliamentary vote that would’ve dissolved his fragile […] The post OVER THERE: Netanyahu, Missiles, and the Magic of June 12 appeared first on The Hayride. Quote…

News Around the Pelican State – June 17, 2025 SADOW: Monroe Fire Chief Selection Addled by Race Source: thehayride.com | Read full story → Maybe the Monroe City Council should build their own Monroe Fire Department chief, if that would even be possible, given the contradictory signals they continue to give in rejecting independent Mayor Friday Ellis’ choices for the job. Ellis now has had two choices to helm the department shot down by the same three black Democrats […] The post SADOW: Monroe Fire Chief Selection Addled by Race appeared first on The Hayride. The Louisiana Freedom Caucus Was…