Education leaders look for alternative to failed amendment

BATON ROUGE - Louisiana higher education leaders wanted the right to raise tuition on their own, instead of going through the state legislature. In Tuesday's election, voters said no.Many students said they were glad it failed, but higher education leaders say a big problem has been left unresolved."We're trying to get the decision-making authority down where it should be," Higher Education Commissioner Joe Rallo explained.Louisiana is almost unique in the way it requires state lawmakers to sign