1:30 LRN Newscast

Senator Bill Cassidy gives some strong insight into his future plans. Andrew Greenstein reports.

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The election for mayor in Stonewall in DeSoto Parish finished in a tie, with current mayor Ken Kaffka and former mayor Randy Rogers each receiving 374 votes. The two candidates have until 4:30 today to file for a recount, if they do not, there will be another election on June 27th.

 

Will teachers continue to receive a two-thousand dollar stipend that makes up part of their salary, now that voters rejected Constitutional Amendment three, which would have made that stipend a permanent pay raise. Shreveport Senator Alan Seabaugh tells KEEL Radio that it will likely be left up to local school systems to decide…

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LSU System President Doctor Wade Rousse provided an update on the construction of a new arena on the LSU campus. And the update is, not much is happening as they are still trying to determine how to pay for the 400-million dollar project…

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Rousse says a sales tax that the LSU economic development district levied is collecting dollars for the arena, but none of it has been spent.