11:30 A.M. LRN Newscast 03/19/2018

Senate bill 423 is scheduled to be heard this afternoon in the Senate finance committee. If passed the measure will provide 250 thousand dollars for any teacher or employee of a school system killed while in the performance of doing their job. Cynthia Posey is a  spokesperson with the Louisiana Federation of Teachers

Cut 3 (12) “more important”

Currently fire and police officers are covered under a similar law which was prompted by the tragic events in Florida. Columbia Senator Neil Riser is the bill’s author.

Cut 4  (09) “our teachers”

 

Forty-six percent of LSU Health of New Orleans graduating medical students have chosen to remain in Louisiana to complete their medical training. Kelley Ray tells us the number of grads deciding to stay continues to fall

Cut 2 (28) “I’m Kelley Ray.”

 

Despite talk of budget cuts to public colleges and TOPS, a record 23-thousand students have applied for entry at LSU for the academic year that starts in August. The school’s chief enrollment officer, Jose Aviles,

Cut 14 (08) “going to be us”