BY DEANNA B. NARVESON | Staff writer Ten Commandments: Louisiana's new law requiring public schools to display the Ten Commandments is unconstitutional and cannot be enforced, a federal judge ruled Tuesday. The ruling, a preliminary injunction issued by U.S. District Court Judge John deGravelles in the Middle District of Louisiana, means the state's public K-12 schools and colleges do not have to post the religious text in every classroom by Jan. 1, as the law requires. Read more. Jabs thrown: Gov. Jeff Landry took a jab at LSU’s football team for its blowout loss Saturday night and bashed critics of his effort to bring a live tiger back to the stadium, calling them “woke people.” “Our tiger, our live tiger, unfortunately, disappointingly, was the only tiger who showed up Saturday. I’m sorry,” Landry told a boisterous crowd Monday night in Metairie at a lighthearted event full of humor known as “Politics with a Punch.” Read the full story. In the Capitol: The governor‘s tax package easily passed its first hurdle when the House passed three measures Tuesday that would reduce tax payments by nearly $2 billion. The question now for Landry and state legislators is whether they will raise enough in sales taxes to offset Tuesday’s votes to cut individual income taxes and repeal the corporate franchise tax. The sales tax bills will get their first hearing during the 20-day special session before the House Ways and Means Committee on Wednesday. Read the latest. | 