Governor Jeff Landry unveils his plan to make sure that teachers continue to receive a two-thousand dollar stipend that they’ve received since 2023. Jeff Palermo has the story.
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A new poll shows Julia Letlow with a big lead over John Fleming in the Republican Senate runoff. The poll by Kaplan Strategies shows Letlow leading by 15 points, 52 to 37 percent. That closely mirrors the margin in the primary.
Wade Rousse has been president of LSU for seven months; and in that time, he’s been busy making improvements to the system. Rousse says the administration has been searching for the optimal enrollment number as they face record application numbers. He says both the main and satellite campuses are expanding, but growth for the sake of growth can be dangerous.
A former Louisiana congressman is recounting his recent visit to war-torn Ukraine. Charles Boustany told Jim Engster on Talk Louisiana that on his final day in the country, May 23rd, the area in Kyiv where he was staying came under attack, and to say that it was a harrowing experience is putting it very mildly.
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The attack left four people dead and dozens of others injured.