Debate on merging SUNO, UNO is delayed in Louisiana Senate
Times-Picayune (excerpt)

BATON ROUGE -- The Senate committee debate on a plan to merge the University of New Orleans and Southern University at New Orleans has been delayed by a week to give its sponsor time to change the legislation. Senate Bill 183 by Sen. Conrad Appel, R-Metairie, was scheduled for a hearing Thursday in the Senate Education Committee, a day after a House committee approved an identical bill by House Speaker Jim Tucker, R-Algiers. Appel said he plans to meet with Tucker and members of the Jindal administration before drawing up a set of amendments meant to address some of the questions raised during a nearly six-hour hearing in the House. He did not say what type of amendments might be offered, saying he wanted to discuss them first with Tucker. "I want to be sure that all of us are in accord and we do it right," Appel said.