CABL/LPB Host first Televised U.S. Senate Debate
CABL was pleased to host the first, statewide televised debate in Louisiana’s U.S Senate race with our broadcast partner Louisiana Public Broadcasting.
In Memory: Robert “Bob” Hamm
CABL morns the loss of our immediate past chair, Mr. Robert “Bob” Hamm.
CABL Invites 5 Candidates to U.S. Senate Debate to be Broadcast Statewide on LPB
The Council for A Better Louisiana has invited five candidates to participate in the upcoming U.S. Senate debate sponsored by CABL and broadcast statewide by Louisiana Public Broadcasting.
Helping Educators and Families Recover from the Floods
The recent floods in south Louisiana have been devastating to tens of thousands of people. Among those hit hard are many thousands of educators and parents of school-age kids.
Flood Recovery Information
During this time of crisis in Louisiana, CABL would like to share the following flood recovery documents.
The Need to be Watchful around New Federal Education Law
It’s probably a safe bet that most people have at least some vague familiarity with the federal law that was dubbed “No Child Left Behind.” What most people probably don’t know, though, is that that law was replaced this year with a new version called the “Every Student Succeeds Act” or ESSA. In many ways, […]
ACT Scores Bring Good News
It was good news to hear that for the fourth year in a row the number of students earning a college-going score of 18 on the ACT test has increased. At the same time the state’s average ACT also rose to 19.5 – the highest it’s been since the state started requiring all high school […]
Out of Tragedy, Still Reasons for Appreciation and Hope
It has been a couple of tumultuous weeks in Louisiana with our state once again thrown into the national spotlight that seems to visit us on an all-to-regular basis – usually for things that are not good. Of course, it was provoked by two incidents the drew the country’s attention: the controversy over a police […]
Will New Task Force on Infrastructure Make A Difference?
Every time a new task force is created to look at one of the chronic issues Louisiana faces you can almost hear the groans. Here we go again. Yet another task force. Haven’t we studied that issue to death? When it comes to transportation and infrastructure, the answer is certainly “yes,” but this time there […]
Time to Take A New Look at TOPS?
The headline in the Times-Picayune back in February said it all about the TOPS scholarship program: “How One Man’s Pet Project became a Louisiana Sacred Cow.” Indeed, over the years, even as costs soared and state budgets were cut, the TOPS program remained protected. Health services were cut and even higher education itself got hammered, […]
