16:30 LRN Newscast March 12

Governor Edwards hit on several topics during his address to the state legislature which convened today for the 2018 regular session. Edwards pushed for a higher minimum wage, anti-sexual harassment training for all public employees and hazing prevention education on college campuses. He did not get specific about proposed legislation dealing with guns…
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There are numerous gun bills filed during this session.

NFL teams can contact Drew Brees’ agent and begin the negotiating process about joining their team. Brees is free to sign with another team on Wednesday. But NFL analyst Mike Detillier still believes Brees will stay with the Black and Gold…
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Governor John Bel Edwards supports a bill that rolls back the standard public school teachers need to achieve for tenure. Jeff Palermo has more.
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The regular session is set to end on June 4th. But La-Politics-dot-com publisher Jeremy Alford says the goal is to end the regular session in May, so they can have another special session to discuss solutions to the fiscal cliff…
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