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Student newspaper serving Tulane University, Uptown New Orleans

The Tulane Hullabaloo

Student newspaper serving Tulane University, Uptown New Orleans

The Tulane Hullabaloo

Federal judge blocks Louisiana Ten Commandments law

Federal judge blocks Louisiana Ten Commandments law

Bryce Oufnac, Staff Writer November 13, 2024

Louisiana public schools cannot display the Ten Commandments, a federal judge has ruled. U.S. District Judge John deGravelles delivered the decision on Tuesday morning.  DeGravelles, appointed...

Landry hopes to hold a special session after Election Day but before Thanksgiving, when he can pass a series of bills which would implement a flat income tax rate, expand the breadth of services which would have a sales tax and restructure corporate taxes.

Gov. Landry proposes major Louisiana tax overhaul

Isaac Snegaroff, Contributing Writer October 9, 2024

As Louisiana is staring down the barrel of a potential $500 million budget deficit, Gov. Jeff Landry and Revenue Secretary Richard Nelson are proposing a comprehensive tax overhaul plan that would...

Gov. Jeff Landry'x executive order tries to improve free speech on college campuses.

Professors, students talk Gov. Jeff Landry critical race theory ban

Lillian Foster, Breaking News Editor September 11, 2024

Gov. Jeff Landry issued an executive order on Aug. 27 banning instruction related to critical race theory in public K-12 schools.    Critical race theory is an advanced academic concept that...

Critical race theory is now banned in Louisiana public schools.

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry bans critical race theory in K-12 public schools

Lillian Foster, Breaking News Editor September 4, 2024

  On Aug. 27, Gov. Jeff Landry issued an executive order banning pedagogy related to critical race theory in public K-12 schools.   Critical race theory is an advanced academic concept...

Louisiana is facing up to $250 million in education budget cuts to make up for the state government's budget shortfall.

Louisiana votes to put Ten Commandments in every public classroom 

Bryce Oufnac , Staff Writer August 28, 2024

On June 20, Gov. Jeff Landry signed a law requiring public schools in Louisiana to display posters of the Ten Commandments in classrooms.   From elementary to post-secondary schools, all Louisiana...

HB71, a Louisiana House Bill proposed by Representative Dodie Horton on Feb. 8, requires the display of the Ten Commandments in all public classrooms.

Governor signs stricter tough-on-crime bills into law

Lillian Foster and Bryce Oufnac March 13, 2024

Gov. Jeff Landry signed 11 bills into law on March 5 and eight additional bills on March 6 following the Louisiana Special Legislative Session on Crime.   “Our criminal justice system...

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5 headlines you might have missed over break

Martha Sanchez, News Editor January 18, 2023

TUPD increases patrols after armed robberies   The Tulane University Police Department is increasing patrols in off-campus neighborhoods after a carjacking and two armed robberies unnerved...

Abortion rights protestors gathered in front of the federal 5th Circuit's John Minor Wisdom U.S. Court of Appeals Building this June to protest the U.S. Supreme Court's strike down of the landmark Roe v. Wade case.

Louisiana clinics temporarily resume abortions after judge lifts state ban

Martha Sanchez, News Editor June 27, 2022

Louisiana’s three abortion clinics will resume services this week after a New Orleans judge temporarily blocked the state’s ban on the procedure on Monday. The clinics shuttered Friday after the...

NOLA News in Brief

NOLA News in Brief

Katie Cartiglia, Contributing Reporter September 17, 2018

Between navigating syllabus week and preparing for a potential hurricane, there has been no shortage of activity at Tulane. Life outside of Tulane’s campus has been equally busy. The Hullabaloo has compiled...

Louisiana court ruling violates constitutional protections of LGBTQ+ Louisianians, Tulane students

Quinn Burke, Staff Writer November 29, 2017

At the beginning of the month, The First Circuit Appellate Court in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, upheld the overturning of Governor John Bel Edwards' executive order protecting LGBTQ+ people employed in...

Louisiana AG Landry mischaracterizes NOLA consent decree

Nketiah Berko, Views Editor August 27, 2017

On Aug. 15, 2017, Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry wrote a guest editorial in the New Orleans Advocate lambasting the city's 2012 Department of Justice-mandated consent decree. The decree, issued...

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