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The Terrebonne Parish School Board announced today that it will permit senior Monique Verdin to wear a tuxedo to Ellender Memorial High School's prom, which is to occur this Saturday, April 2, 2011.
Last week, student Dawn Henderson of DeSoto Middle School wore a shirt to school bearing the message "Some Kids are Gay.
In a fight for religious freedom, the ACLU of Louisiana has enrolled to represent a Native American student at Juban Parc Junior High School in Denham Springs, LA. Seth Chaisson, a member of the United Houma Nation, grows his hair long for cultural and religious reasons.
The ACLU of Louisiana welcomes today's report by the US Department of Justice and its findings of patterns of unconsitutional conduct within the New Orleans Police Department.
Concerned about repeated interference with the public's right to photograph police conduct, the ACLU of Louisiana has send a request to Superintendent Ronal Serpas seeking documents pertaining to First Amendment training provided to NOPD officers.
Roger Mason is a 52-year-old man with Schizophrenia. On August 18, 2009, Mr. Mason was arrested and placed in Tangipahoa Parish Prison. Despite clear evidence of Mr. Mason's mental illness, the prison staff provided grossly inadequate care to him for 5 months. Without treatment, Mr.