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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A state district judge has postponed until mid-November a decision on whether he intends to shut down the flow of money to 33 charter schools authorized by the state education board. The Louisiana Association of Educators filed a lawsuit challenging the $60 million in spending through Louisiana's public school financing formula...

Lafayette Parish School System Superintendent Dr. Pat Cooper has filed a lawsuit in state district court against three members of the Lafayette Parish School Board, whom his attorney says have proven a demonstrated bias against Cooper.

The Daily Advertiser is suing the Lafayette Parish School Board over its refusal to hand over the preliminary investigation report compiled by a special attorney looking into allegations against school system Superintendent Dr. Pat Cooper.

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit against the Lafayette Parish School Board by Cajundome director Greg Davis.

Thursday's filing comes one day after the board voted not to discuss Davis' demand that it drop its investigation of Cooper and use 50 percent of last year's budget for the upcoming school year.

The class action lawsuit involved people who were billed by or paid for services from Acadian between Jan. 1, 1994, and Dec. 31, 2013.

Patrick Snay was the former head of a private preparatory school in Miami. At the age of 69, his contract with Gulliver Preparatory School wasn't renewed, which led to a legal battle. In November 2011, Snay and the school reached an agreement in which Snay would receive $10,000 in back pay and $80,000 as part of a settlement. The Gulliver schools also agreed to pay Snay's attorneys $60,000. Read M

People like Lucas should be referred to the 'wham - bulance' for intensive care.

Thirty-one passengers who were stranded for five days in February 2013 aboard a Carnival cruise ship are suing the cruisliner because they claim they now suffer from post traumatic stress disorder from the experience.

The board met with Smith during an executive session of the board this week.

Louisiana's Department of Insurance has joined a lawsuit filed by Mississippi against the federal government to try to block rate hikes in the National Flood Insurance Program.