The 2019 legislative session gets underway at noon. It was very contentious at the State Capitol last year as lawmakers struggled to pass a budget, because of a huge deficit. This year the budget is in better shape, but political analyst Bernie Pinsonat doesn’t expect the process of approving a new budget will go smoothly…
Cut 7 (11) “…should be cut”
One of the focal points of the legislative session is pay raises for teachers and school support staff. House Education Chairman Nancy Landry expects the pay hikes to go through, because there is bipartisan agreement that teachers do not get enough.
Cut 14 (11) “…right now.”
Landry says she’ll also look to increase state funding for early childhood education.
A Houma man is in jail after an investigation by State Fire Marshal deputies and the Houma Police Department into a vehicle fire that left one man dead. Fire Marshal spokesperson Ashley Rodrigue says 37-year-old David Mason is accused of intentionally setting the blaze and now faces a litany of charges following the March 31st incident.
Cut 4 (09) “…of criminal conspiracy.”
The investigation is ongoing and additional arrests are expected.
There was no holding back for Congressman Clay Higgins as he released a video message aimed at those responsible for the recent fires that destroyed three historically black churches in St. Landry Parish. Higgins filmed the video just steps away from the charred remains of the St. Mary Baptist Church says the responsible party has succumbed to evil and will be caught.
The FBI has recently announced they are joining in on the investigation.