 BY DOUG GRAHAM | Staff writer Schools in five parishes named in a lawsuit must wait to post the Ten Commandments in classrooms until Nov. 15, when a federal judge is expected to rule on whether the law requiring it violates the U.S. Constitution. The parishes include East Baton Rouge and Livingston. Gov. Jeff Landry signed a law last month, making Louisiana the only state to require public schools to post the Ten Commandments. Read more about the lawsuit challenging the new mandate.
Republicans left their four-day national convention in Milwaukee on the same page, unified behind Donald Trump. “All things are moving strongly into the Republican lane,” said State Treasurer John Fleming, a voting delegate at the gathering. Read the reactions of other Louisianans at the convention.
LSU's bid to become conference champion will be more difficult this season, as the SEC is even more powerful with the additions of traditional powers Oklahoma and Texas. See where the Tigers finished in the preseason media poll, and which players landed on the preseason all-conference team. | 
