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FILE - In this Jan. 22, 2016 file photo, pro-abortion rights signs are seen during the March for Life 2016, in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington. The Supreme Court will not allow North Dakota to enforce a law banning abortions when a fetal heartbeat is detected as early as six weeks into a pregnancy. The justices on Monday, Jan. 25, 2016, turned away the state’s appeal of lower court rulings that struck down the 2013 fetal heartbeat law as unconstitutional. The law never took effect and abortion rights supporters said it was the strictest anti-abortion measure in the country. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

HEAD TO HEAD: The government should fund abortions

By Michael Beyer @michbeyer February 10, 2016

Public funding for abortion is desperately needed and essential. Currently, public funding for abortion is illegal because of the Hyde Amendment — primarily hurting low-income Medicaid recipients....

FILE - In this Sept. 19, 2014 file photo, Taylor Swift arrives at the iHeart Radio Music Festival in Las Vegas. The music streaming service Spotify is no longer offering Swift songs at her request, setting up a battle between the industry's most popular artist and the leading purveyor of a new music distribution system. Spotify, which pulled Swift's songs on Monday, Nov. 3, 2014, said that "we hope she'll change her mind and join us in building a new music economy that works for everyone." (Photo by Andrew Estey/Invision/AP, File)

SATIRE: Taylor Swift launches courtroom-set video game

By John Gavin Harp @SirJohnGavin February 4, 2016

International pop-star and trademark hoarder Taylor Swift announced a partnership with Glu Mobile to develop her own mobile video game. “I’m really excited to become even more rich,”...

Elycia Cooley, center, and other revelers raise their arms for beads on the first Saturday of Mardi Gras Festivities in downtown Galveston, Galveston, Texas, Saturday, Jan. 30, 2016. (Stuart Villanueva/The Galveston County Daily News via AP)

OPINION: Louisianans should stop racism at Mardi Gras

By Michael Beyer @michbeyer February 4, 2016

Cut your bulls---, Mardi Gras racism.  As parade season comes into full swing, #MardiGrasRacism is also picking up steam. You can have fun at the parades without using someone else’s culture...

A woman leave her tent, as migrants and refugees wait allowance to continue their trip to southern Macedonia, near the northern Greek village of Idomeni, on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2016. Police in northern Greece late Tuesday said 5,000 refugees and migrants were gathered at or near the border with Macedonia, where authorities continued to provide limited access at a frontier barrier built in November.(AP Photo/Giannis Papanikos)

OPINION: EU should drop Greece for accepting too many refugees

By Garrett Marcel February 3, 2016

Students studying or vacationing abroad should avoid the current political and economic turmoil associated with southeastern Europe, specifically Greece. Greece opened Europe’s door to more than...

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks during a campaign stop at the Claremont Opera House, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2016, in Claremont, N.H. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

OPINION: A socialist economy would be detrimental to the American Dream

By Charlie Bonacquisti February 3, 2016

America’s capitalist, sometimes referred to as “mixed,” economy creates the economic liberty we enjoy today, and changing our economic system to a government controlled one could have...

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks in front of former President Bill Clinton and daughter Chelsea during a caucus night rally at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, Monday, Feb. 1, 2016. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

OPINION: Clinton’s pragmatic positions will win her the Democratic nomination

By Garrett Hines February 2, 2016

Monday night’s Iowa Democratic Caucus attendees had a dynamic choice in front of them. On one hand was a divisive grandstander of epic portions, whose policies would dismantle core American principles...

Danish Foreign Minister Kristian Jensen, left, and Danish Minister for Immigration Inger Stojberg attend a meeting of the Civil Liberties Committee at the European Parliament in Brussels on Monday, Jan. 25, 2016. Members of Parliament will debate on Monday the Danish law on asylum and refugees. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

OPINION: Denmark should stop take refugees’ valuables

By David Schneider February 2, 2016

The latest contestant in the grand game of screwing with Europe’s refugees is Denmark. Under pressure from the migrant crisis rocking Europe, Denmark recently passed a law allowing immigration authorities...

F. Travis Lavigne Jr., alongside the rest of the committee, discuss the TOPS scholarship requirement changes and budget issues at the Louisiana Student Financial Assistance Commission meeting Thursday, Aug. 20, 2015, in Baton Rouge.

OPINION: Restore the income cap for TOPS for a bipartisan budget solution

By James Richard February 2, 2016

The Taylor Opportunity Program for Students is one of the most bloated entitlement programs in the state. If true conservatives comprised the Louisiana House of Representatives and State Senate, they would...

Courtesy of Rihanna's Twitter

OPINION: The weird success story of Rihanna’s ‘Anti’

By John Gavin Harp February 1, 2016

After what felt like an eternity, our beloved Rihanna — or as she’s known on Instagram, @badgalriri — finally made her triumphant return to us peasants. Last week, her eighth studio album,...

Baton Rouge councilman Ryan Heck asks a question Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014 at a Metro City Council meeting in downtown Baton Rouge.

OPINION: Brighter days ahead for North Baton Rouge

By Garrett Hines February 1, 2016

A major step to alleviate the hardships, missed opportunities and untapped potential within North Baton Rouge could take place next week. If all goes as planned, the Baton Rouge Metro Council will establish...

Students and faculty sit in on a Student Tech Fee meeting on Tuesday, October 7th, 2014.

OPINION: LSU fees show lack of prioritizing

By Clarke Perkins February 1, 2016

With our state’s economic situation, the University needs to prioritize what we spend our student fees on. We all know that higher education comes at a steep price. However, we see education as a...

John Bel Edwards was inaugurated as the Louisiana governor Monday, Jan. 11, 2016, on the steps of the Louisiana State Capitol.

OPINION: I didn’t vote for this John Bel

By Michael Beyer January 31, 2016

I didn’t think I was voting for the status quo when I voted for Gov. John Bel Edwards. Turns out, I was wrong. When Edwards pledged to “put Louisiana first,” I thought he was saying he’d...